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You know well that it is. Add /s or /rhetoric to your question next time :)

Languages can be pretty useful even if they are imperfect, as others have said. And Go is plenty useful. The Stroustrup quote about C++ comes to mind ...



Here you go:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup

"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."

And here's a good set of Q&A from his FAQ; it includes the above quote too:

"Did you really say that?":

http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that




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