3.5 Years, 500k Lines of Go
This entire piece sounds like the Blub Paradox made real.<p><a href="http://paulgraham.com/avg.html" rel="nofollow">http://paulgraham.com/avg.html</a><p>It's written with knocking down a very specific set of straw men in mind, but rather carefully avoids coming anywhere close to addressing the legitimate criticisms of Go as a language. One of the things that's most irritating about Go enthusiasts is the way they try to close ranks on legitimate critique and reframe their language's warts as "simplicity".<p>Also: 20 bonus blub points for pulling the old 'I don't need generics, therefore NOBODY does' gambit.