> If you want a reasonably fast statically compiled language, what would you use?
Anything that is C ABI compatible. I'm sympathetic to Go's philosphy, but Go is not that.
In general, I'd be on the lookout for Swift on the server in the next few years. It has the backing of Apple, is compiled, and the possibility of removing yet-another-language from your stack. Since many shops want or need an iOS frontend, running Swift on the server makes sense.
Anything that is C ABI compatible. I'm sympathetic to Go's philosphy, but Go is not that.
In general, I'd be on the lookout for Swift on the server in the next few years. It has the backing of Apple, is compiled, and the possibility of removing yet-another-language from your stack. Since many shops want or need an iOS frontend, running Swift on the server makes sense.