Seeing that Hejlsberg started out with Turbo Pascal and Delphi, and that Go also has a lot of Pascal-family heritage, he might hold some sympathy for Go as well...
Yes there is that irony, however when these kind of decisions are made, by folks with historical roots on how .NET and C# came to be, then .NET team cannot wonder why .NET keeps lagging adoption versus other ecosystems, on companies that aren't traditional Microsoft shops.
