Things you probably don't know about Go (2012) [slides]
1-7 of these features exist in C#, and in C# you get a real type system. C# isn&#x27;t even my favorite language that has all these features, just the most mainstream.<p>8-10 are of dubious usefulness. It seems they break the principle of least astonishment[1], but maybe they&#x27;re idiomatic in Go.<p>So yeah, still waiting to see any reason to think Go&#x27;s popularity is anything more than hype and fanboyism.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Principle_of_least_astonishment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Principle_of_least_astonishmen...</a>