I understand why that would make you uncomfortable. ;-)
But to be honest, more than 50% of the cases where I needed data to be sorted in a certain way, that data came out of a relational database, and adding an ORDER BY-clause to the SQL query was so much easier than doing it myself.
I do agree with the second part of your comment in that Go has a certain type of application where it really shines. But that type of application is not uncommon, and when you hit the sweet spot, it really shines.
But to be honest, more than 50% of the cases where I needed data to be sorted in a certain way, that data came out of a relational database, and adding an ORDER BY-clause to the SQL query was so much easier than doing it myself.
I do agree with the second part of your comment in that Go has a certain type of application where it really shines. But that type of application is not uncommon, and when you hit the sweet spot, it really shines.