Go is a relatively new open source language that was created at Google, Go is a general purpose programming language with clean syntax, modern features, and a robust well-documented standard library.
The idea of another C-ish language might seem weird, but Go does bring something new to the table and its fundamental design principles make it different enough to justify its existence.
Alex Ninneman is a full-stack engineer working at CURT Manufacturing, building API's and web applications in Go for the last 4 years.