Comment by peteretep

    > You will realize eventually that what you first thought
    > was worth criticizing was actually a deep work of
    > genius.

Funny, I found the more I used it the less I liked it.

    > I’ve seen a lot of criticism of Go’s “shortcomings”
    > from people who are true experts in many languages
    > other than Go.

Cool, normally I just call those people "experts".

    > I can’t recall similar criticism from someone who’s
    > worked with Go at a very deep level for a year or two.

You would do well to understand the meaning of the term "survivorship bias".