On: Why Go?

[coldtea]

>Go's aha moment is its low cognitive overhead.

You mean its strength is that is a Blub language?

Because the "low cognitive overhead" is exactly what Java was touted for, back in the day (before the EE madness).

[danenania → coldtea]

It may make the blubs more effective, but that doesn't necessarily mean it can't also make the geniuses more effective too.

[Roboprog → danenania]

"Blub" refers to the language itself, rather than the developers. As in "think (no deeper than) in Blub (language concepts)"

I can see both sides of the "clever is better/worse" argument, though. E.g. - C++ operator overloading is powerful and harmful.