It's not being really "marketed" at all.
Java, that had marketing. As in million dollar campaigns, ads in trade magazines, tons of articles and PR even in NON-tech outlets about the "next big language", a company betting most of its strategy on the language and so on. C# too.
Go? Being made by Google guys that are also battled tested programmers helps, but it's not like the language had any marketing. A website, a mailing list, a blog not that frequently updated, and a few appearances on some tech conferences. That about sums it.
As a language, Dart is more heavily touted by Google. And is made by the famous V8 (and more) guy. But noone is using it.
So, yes, Go is used for its pragmatic merits, not because of marketing.
Java, that had marketing. As in million dollar campaigns, ads in trade magazines, tons of articles and PR even in NON-tech outlets about the "next big language", a company betting most of its strategy on the language and so on. C# too.
Go? Being made by Google guys that are also battled tested programmers helps, but it's not like the language had any marketing. A website, a mailing list, a blog not that frequently updated, and a few appearances on some tech conferences. That about sums it.
As a language, Dart is more heavily touted by Google. And is made by the famous V8 (and more) guy. But noone is using it.
So, yes, Go is used for its pragmatic merits, not because of marketing.