To me, the greatest advantage of Go is the build time, which is almost instant. So you get the joy of programming like in Python/Js, being able to test very quickly your code, without having to deal with stupid errors coming from type mismatch or function parameters.
Plus, you get the performance of a compiled language, with a simple syntax. Sure, you get just slightly better results with C/C++/Rust, but then you deal with complicated OS level calls, memory and library deployment issues (problems fixed by Go). Yes, a few benchmarks show C#/Java almost as fast, but at the price of a highly optimized syntax not seen in any average programmer. An average guy get superb performance with Go without complications from day 1.
And absent object oriented features are quickly forgotten.
Plus, you get the performance of a compiled language, with a simple syntax. Sure, you get just slightly better results with C/C++/Rust, but then you deal with complicated OS level calls, memory and library deployment issues (problems fixed by Go). Yes, a few benchmarks show C#/Java almost as fast, but at the price of a highly optimized syntax not seen in any average programmer. An average guy get superb performance with Go without complications from day 1.
And absent object oriented features are quickly forgotten.