Isn't it somewhat problematic to consider Go as being in the systems programming space? A garbage collector seems like a pretty good disqualifying factor for that.

You're right -- I really considered putting systems programming-ish in my comment because of that. I talk my way around the limitation in my own head because it really depends on the system you're programming -- a lot of even lower level systems these days come with a lot more memory and resources to manage. Maybe I'm just warping what the term means to my own ends.