I was at Google the whole time Go was being developed. A friend of mine had two, count 'em, two quotes that pertain to it:

1. The answer to an unasked question

2. When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a thumb

And one I just made up:

3. I had a problem, so I invented a new programming language. Now I have 769 problems

We could look at Rob Pike & the Bell Labs guys and imagine Stephen Stills saying "Hey, 'For What It's Worth' was the worst song Buffalo Springfield ever did. Let's fix it."

Too late. It's out there. And C is out there.