Philosophical question, but after reaching critical mass, should languages even aspire to more? I.e. do you risk becoming "master of none"? What's wrong with specialist languages? I.e. best of breed vs best of suite?
I agree with author Go is getting squeezed, but it has its use cases. "COBOL of could native" implies it's not selected for new things, but I reach for it frequently (Go > Java for "enterprise software" backends, Go > others for CLI tools, obviously cloud native / terraform / CI ecosystem, etc.).
However in "best of suite" world, ecosystem interop matters. C <> Go is a pain point. As is WASM <> Go. Both make me reach for Rust.
I agree with author Go is getting squeezed, but it has its use cases. "COBOL of could native" implies it's not selected for new things, but I reach for it frequently (Go > Java for "enterprise software" backends, Go > others for CLI tools, obviously cloud native / terraform / CI ecosystem, etc.).
However in "best of suite" world, ecosystem interop matters. C <> Go is a pain point. As is WASM <> Go. Both make me reach for Rust.