/var/log/bhs: golang impressions

http://blog.bensigelman.org/post/56158760736/golang-impressions

At this point, Go became a viable contender. However, when I was doing my initial research about it, I had trouble finding high-level impressions from recent converts that (a) sounded like they were written by an author with substantial experiences building systems in other languages, and (b) didn’t seem zealous. This post is my attempt to provide the sort of overview I would have valued reading before I started my own investigation into the language.