>I have come to a point in my career where I want to stick to highly complex, but slightly dusty artifacts defined by a standard( C++ & ANSI Common Lisp).... . . >PS. I am 25. Seems relevant to this discussion.

This made me LOL. I figured you were 50 or older based on the top of your post. You are wise to pick languages that are proven and "just work " though. I would say Go, while young, is incredibly stable and predictable.