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"out of C into a language with no buffer overruns, and in general much stronger security and correctness guarantees."

Doesn't sound like C++.

I still don't get it. Can't it be done in c++ via appropriate data structures? I mean, it's not like Go is magic, at the end I suppose Go would be doing just that. As far as I know the main reason people opt for Go over C++ are the compiling times...

You can write safe C++, if you're careful, and everyone you work with is careful, all the time. Judicious use of features can make your code more safe, but they can never make it actually safe.

Rust and Go, in various different ways (and to various degrees), make it actually safe.

Really? It sounds like a good fit to me, maybe I'm missing something?

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