Drew DeVault shares his appreciation for Go despite his history of criticizing it. He praises Go's long-term commitment to simplicity, stability, and robustness, crediting the Go team's disciplined restraint for producing a high-quality ecosystem. He argues Go is not a systems programming language but rather the first successful 'Internet programming language,' filling a niche between low-level systems code and high-level application code. He also commends the Go team's professionalism and their focus on community needs over wants, which he sees as essential to keeping the language from becoming a bloated kitchen sink.
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