I agree, hence why after my initial interest in Go I eventually switched focus to other languages.

However, it doesn't change the fact that it allows for lots of low level stuff in the similar vein as Oberon, which is why I happen to take Go's side, even if I rather use other more expressive programming languages.

And to be faire, Niklaus Wirth latest language changes (Oberon-07) are even more minimalist than Go's.