There's this feeling sometimes expressed that C actually held programming language design and everyday programming back (with null, buffer overflows, no string type, arbitrary memory access at will and aliasing issues, crappy basic library, etc). See also "Worse is better", etc.
Maybe Go does the same thing for the 2010's, but with fewer of the redeeming qualities that made C actually worthwhile then, and more competent contenders available as alternative.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7962345