The list of cool things Go doesn't have is a darn long one. They opted for simplicity at lots of points. I think it is worth noting these were decisions, not necessarily oversights.
There are a lot of great languages that end up mostly academic because they lack whatever the magical balance of features, simplicity and usefulness it takes for a language get mind share.
I suspect Go might have hit the magical balance with channels, strong types, great build system, simple minimal syntax and language keywords, fairly opinionated best practices (and formatting) and static single file deploys.
There are a lot of great languages that end up mostly academic because they lack whatever the magical balance of features, simplicity and usefulness it takes for a language get mind share.
I suspect Go might have hit the magical balance with channels, strong types, great build system, simple minimal syntax and language keywords, fairly opinionated best practices (and formatting) and static single file deploys.