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.