It's seems like there's been a lot of posts about Go lately. Maybe I'm delusional..
I find Go to be nice to work with. I'm just starting out in it so I'm not exactly proficient yet, but it feels a lot easier to program with against say, Java.
In regards to the GC. I saw a post a little while ago made by Rob Pike, I think (could be wrong) about how there are many improvements coming where they see 50% speed ups (sometimes even more). So, as young language I think Go has come pretty far and more is to come.
I wish that the articles submitted about Go were recent, rather than several months old. Go may be stable, but the culture and community are still changing rapidly.
I'd also like to point out that the article contains virtually no information about Go, instead relying on speculation and some hacked up quotes from people who've used it (and one from Rob Pike).
And, apparently, a few people are now pissed that every post isn't about Node.js or Ruby anymore, because I have come across a small group of people that come into every Go thread and spread the same FUD about garbage collection, performance, maturity, and generics.
Means it has hit a level of success then, remember when every thread about Ruby would degenerate into "YEAH! But RoR doesn't SCALE! HAH!"? Level of snark seems proportional to the level of success a language is enjoying.
I must admit, I've not tried Go yet and I'm not overly sold on some of the syntax aspects but it's nice to see a new language doing well against established players.
I find Go to be nice to work with. I'm just starting out in it so I'm not exactly proficient yet, but it feels a lot easier to program with against say, Java.
In regards to the GC. I saw a post a little while ago made by Rob Pike, I think (could be wrong) about how there are many improvements coming where they see 50% speed ups (sometimes even more). So, as young language I think Go has come pretty far and more is to come.