This statement seems weird to me, so I checked Camlistore (the biggest Go project on my machine). In 65621 LoC there are 306 mentions of interface{}. And Brad does tend to do "clever" things that I probably wouldn't do, so I honestly expected the number to be a lot higher.
Would you be happy with a Java project with 306 mentions of Object?
Go's interface{} and Java's Object not the same thing, nor are they used for the same ends.
Eyeballing the Camlistore code I am not distressed by its use of interface{}. It's fine.
Please expand on this.
>Go's interface{} and Java's Object not the same thing,
Yes, they are. They are both the top type.
>nor are they used for the same ends.
Yes, they are. Did you ever use Java before they added Generics?
Edit: the downvoter cares to explain?
Do you consider void* the same as Java's Object?