Why Go?
As someone with C background, but that also have experience with interpreted languages like Python, Javascript (NodeJS/Backend stuff) and Lua, I value a lot the model of just copying a binary and running it. Even the global namespace in Lua is just a table, so doing fun meta-programming stuff is explicit and trivial (although not a good idea on most cases). Possibly there is some cases where exceptions will seem like a good idea, and the same goes for generators (we use generator a lot to develop twisted code that looks sequential, it seems better than a callback hell).
Source: neowaylabs.github.io