Go may not be the best as a language, but it's the best in terms of toolchain.

- Reasonable fast compiler with helpful error messages

- Out of the box cross compilation

- Produces self-contained executable files by default (statically linked binaries)

- Forward compatibility: code written today will (almost) always compile with the latest compiler version from the future.

I haven't experienced any other language that does this.

(Maybe zig will get there soon, but it hasn't reached version 1.0 yet)

Also as a language, it provides a set of really important features:

- Value semantics for structs

- Distinction between values and pointers

- Raw access to byte buffers (most other languages try to conceal them)

While the mandatory GC means you can never be 100% in control of performance, the above mentioned points get you ~60-80% of the way there.