Comment by coreyp_1

Haha... I agree about it being subjective! I find that I enjoy the process as much as the result. It's like bringing order to a chaotic universe. :)

The thing is, I don't have many segfaults in C, and I find C much easier to debug and hunt down issues in than even C++ (which I also enjoy). Also, because C uses very little "magic", and I also know exactly what I'm getting with my code, I find it much easier to reason about.

I heard a quote the other day while watching a presentation "When you're young you want results, when you're old you want control." I think I'm on the old side now.

As for Go, I genuinely don't have anything against it, but I don't see why I need it either. I don't doubt that others have stellar use cases and impressive results with Go, and that's fine, too, but I don't sense any lack which prompts me to investigate further. I would love to learn more about it, but most of what I see online is either over-the-top (and therefore vomit-inducing) fanboyism, or otherwise unspectacular, which makes me ask "why bother?"