<p><pre><code>    &gt; You will realize eventually that what you first thought
    &gt; was worth criticizing was actually a deep work of
    &gt; genius.
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Funny, I found the more I used it the less I liked it.<p><pre><code>    &gt; I’ve seen a lot of criticism of Go’s “shortcomings”
    &gt; from people who are true experts in many languages
    &gt; other than Go.
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Cool, normally I just call those people &quot;experts&quot;.<p><pre><code>    &gt; I can’t recall similar criticism from someone who’s
    &gt; worked with Go at a very deep level for a year or two.
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You would do well to understand the meaning of the term &quot;survivorship bias&quot;.