Rob Pike, one of the three creators of Golang, disagrees with you. In his blog post less is exponentially more[1] he shares a list of significant simplifications in Go over C and C++ which includes:<p>&gt; no exceptions<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;commandcenter.blogspot.pt&#x2F;2012&#x2F;06&#x2F;less-is-exponentially-more.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;commandcenter.blogspot.pt&#x2F;2012&#x2F;06&#x2F;less-is-exponential...</a>