Khaaan!

JavaScript has first-class functions and closures. That makes it a fine programming language.

No tangible downside to having multiple wives? There are innumerable tangible downsides to having a single wife, and I don't think that adding more of them reduces the number.

As AC above points out, you have to be careful with your LLC. In additional to no commingling assets, you have to be aware of the possibility that single-owner LLCs can be treated as Sole Proprietorships for purposes of litigation. If you are being sued and the judge decides that your LLC is in fact an SP, you have no liability protection at all. Having at least one other contributing partner -- preferably not a spouse -- should keep that from biting you.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I've installed the Windows 8 Preview on a VHD on my elderly laptop that runs Windows 7 moderately well, and when I boot to Win 8, I tend to stay there for long periods of time. I generally go straight to the desktop, as I am there for Visual Studio, not the apps, and there is a tangible improvement in the speed and responsiveness of the system. It's a joy to use. The technology-world-at-large seems to have hyper-focused on Metro and is missing the point that it is a tremendously-import OS in all regards. Personally, I've only used a handful of the new features and improvements that you list, but I'm already sold on it.

...let this come to pass.

I haven't seen or heard anything to the effect that Google has abandoned Go.

The assertion that C# requires an IDE is arbitrary and deserves some kind of supporting evidence. Personally, I find that it is much, much easier to write C# without and IDE than C++. It has so much less ceremony than C++ and it feels more succinct than Java.

Go is a wonderful language. I think that the well has been poisoned by flawed summaries, context-free bullet-pointed feature lists and snarky comments. Too bad for all of the folks who passed on it. I'm coding a big project in it, and using it makes me feel happy.

The very first release of Go happened in 2009. It's only been available for two years. Is it a failure if it hasn't set the world on fire in that short a period of time? C was a brand-new language once, too. By the way, I program in Go every day. It delights me at every turn with its productivity, readability and simplicity. If I have any questions, I can ask Rob Pike himself for advice on the mailing list. Even if nothing ever becomes of it, I have learned cool new things and met brilliant people. It's likely true that can be said of learning most any new programming language, and that's half the point of doing it.

What? Someone on slashdot is giving a chance to something brand new rather than just caustically dismissing it? I knew that all these years of lurking would pay off someday! Bravo to you, sir!

Journalistic standards or not, it is absolutely hilarious that you conclude your blog post with this: "I must admit to being gobsmacked by the blatant lack of experience evident in the design decisions made by this small team..." If you are gobsmacked by Ken Thompson and Rob Pike's lack of experience then I suppose C must be about a useful as LOGO?

this is legendary high geekery. *slow clap*

Even by the usually-high Slashdot standards, this is holy war is setting a new standard for pointlessness and posturing.