> I just wanted to point out that Go was trying to be a C++ replacement. Most people tend to forget this. I was following Go from the start, and I am aware of

> I just wanted to point out that Go was trying to be a C++ replacement. Most people tend to forget this. I was following Go from the start, and I am aware of this fact. What I was pointing out is that they backed out of this claim eventually (event regretting using the term "systems programming language").