This is true. And what's always been funny to me, is the predecessor language(s) for many Go programmers, such as Python, had people saying similar things about how you don't really need static types, we know best. Then suddenly they saw the light.
All of which is to say, I've noticed that many people who enjoy Go come from languages which Go is a step up from rather than a step down. And that's good for them, but compared to what else is out there, it is a step down.
This is true. And what's always been funny to me, is the predecessor language(s) for many Go programmers, such as Python, had people saying similar things about how you don't really need static types, we know best. Then suddenly they saw the light.
All of which is to say, I've noticed that many people who enjoy Go come from languages which Go is a step up from rather than a step down. And that's good for them, but compared to what else is out there, it is a step down.