> wrt how quickly you can get your code up and running
Why is this such a huge benefit for code that typically works at the system level? Wouldn't you value reliability, consistency, etc when adapting system level functions over speed to deployment?
When I wrote my comment I was thinking more about prototyping: after I sketch a design on paper or with UML diagrams I want to write a quick prototype. Go allows me to be able to quickly and easily sketch out a design with the added benefit that it's the language the actual application will be written in.
Why is this such a huge benefit for code that typically works at the system level? Wouldn't you value reliability, consistency, etc when adapting system level functions over speed to deployment?