Go is one of the few gc'ed languages that supports static linking[0]. As a result it can solve the same problems as Java / Python / etc but makes distribution s

Go is one of the few gc'ed languages that supports static linking[0]. As a result it can solve the same problems as Java / Python / etc but makes distribution significantly easier. [0] There's a whole bunch (Haskell, OCaml, nim) but none of them have the same popularity and corporate backing that Go has.