> The response was basically "we disagree" and I wandered away feeling confused that so many bright people couldn't see the problem here. I don't see why that'

> The response was basically "we disagree" and I wandered away feeling confused that so many bright people couldn't see the problem here. I don't see why that's so hard to imagine. Just because someone is skilled/bright in some area doesn't mean that they are skilled/have good taste in another area. Even if those areas are very similar from a high-level view, like both involving programming. There has been a lot of appeal to authority with regards to the Go designers/developers - basically that they have a long track record of making great/influential software. And though appealing to authority certainly isn't without merit, I think it was taken a bit far, namely that it was used as an argument to try to end all discussion. And secondly the things that they are famous for does not seem to be related to PL/design.