I've always thought the best languages were just a step up from another language.
C with garbage collection that compiled natively and had a sane FFI to C would be a good addition. Add a decent library to get work done quickly and you've got a great solution.
That's what it felt like golang was trying to do. I do think it's easier to pick up than C. But it's not something I would say, you must write your code in.
It’s a pity there’s no other languages in the world that they could have taken good design from, rather than looking at a handful of languages they didn’t like and basically throwing the baby out with the bath water.