> Being able to deploy a single binary and front-end it with nginx also reduces a ton of complexity.

Just wondering, how is that different for other compiled languages, like Java/Scala (Play) or C#? You copy all jars over, optionally put an nginx in front, and off you go. And is it really that different for Ruby or Python with virtualenv? What's the added complexity there, in terms of deployment?

Note, I don't really mean to be critical or something, rather I wonder whether there's some advantage of Go that I've not understood.