<i>&quot;People who use Go and people who designed Go both appeal to the language design. It&#x27;s users write blog posts about that deliberate balance of simplicity and power they encountered in language, which made them productive. And it&#x27;s creators write posts and give talks on their deliberate approach to language design to achieve this balance.&quot;</i><p>I recall that being true of Java, as well, in the early years.