&gt; Go was originally described as a systems language (which it never was according to the usual meaning of the term)<p>Fun fact! Go has roots in the Limbo[0] programming language, which runs in a VM, is garbage collected, has communication channels, and was used to write the Inferno[1] operating system, which is sort of a successor to Plan 9 (which is itself sort of a successor to Unix).<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Limbo_programming_language" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Limbo_programming_language</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vitanuova.com&#x2F;inferno&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vitanuova.com&#x2F;inferno&#x2F;</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Inferno_%28operating_system%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Inferno_%28operating_system%29</a> <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c2.com&#x2F;cgi&#x2F;wiki?InfernoOs" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;c2.com&#x2F;cgi&#x2F;wiki?InfernoOs</a>