Go is situated as a better node.js. The entire language appeals to people who come from dynamic language backgrounds: python, ruby, javascript, etc. It is also a language that actively works against clever, intelligent, elegant programmers [1]. Rob Pike himself has stated that Go is intended for unintelligent people [1, 2].

Go is the new Java (<=1.5). It's slightly better....but it's not a language that will grow with you. If you're a serious programmer, you'll easily outstrip the usefulness and expressiveness of Go.They’re not capable of understanding a brilliant language but we want to use them to build good software. So, the lang tl;dr: Go is uage that we give them has to be easy for them to understand and easy to adopt.

[1] http://nomad.so/2015/03/why-gos-design-is-a-disservice-to-in... [2] http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2014/Fro...