Hm, not sure I agree with some of those criticisms:
1) I don't think Go is in the Java (pre 8) realm of verbosity, but I concede it's not as compact as say Python.
2) Technically you can write single return Go but idiomatic Go leans towards immutability so it's not recommended.
3) I've run into the lack of generics a few times, but personally haven't been too hampered by it. This is an entirely valid complaint, hopefully support will be added soon!
4) Some would argue this is a feature. ;)
5) This was more true a few years ago. Now with Go Modules for package management and VSCode + Go extension with full debugger freely available, tooling is much improved.
1) I don't think Go is in the Java (pre 8) realm of verbosity, but I concede it's not as compact as say Python. 2) Technically you can write single return Go but idiomatic Go leans towards immutability so it's not recommended. 3) I've run into the lack of generics a few times, but personally haven't been too hampered by it. This is an entirely valid complaint, hopefully support will be added soon! 4) Some would argue this is a feature. ;) 5) This was more true a few years ago. Now with Go Modules for package management and VSCode + Go extension with full debugger freely available, tooling is much improved.