Go compiler moving from C to Go

[Araq]

On Friday, 20 December 2013 at 07:04:02 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Friday, 20 December 2013 at 06:50:41 UTC, SomeDude wrote:
>> On Thursday, 19 December 2013 at 12:27:57 UTC, bearophile 
>> wrote:
>>> Russel Winder:
>>>
>>>> The whole point of Go is to replace C,
>>>
>>> I didn't know this.
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>>
>> Because it's no longer true at all. It was the goal at the 
>> beginning, but it's no longer, they've said that Go is not a 
>> system programming language (in the sense that you can 
>> construct an OS with it).
>
> Even though I rather use D than Go, every time I read that, I 
> am tempted to prove people wrong. If I had the time for it, 
> that is.
>
> Go offers the same mechanisms for systems programming as Oberon 
> does. If ETHZ was able to create Native Oberon, AOS and EthOS 
> with Oberon, why cannot one do an OS with Go?
>

Well I can't see a GC work well in a heavily concurrent kernel. 
BTW the latest incarnation of Oberon includes non-GC'ed pointers. 
But hey, what do I know...