Go hasn't changed much from its initial released version, or initial internal version? As I understand it, Go was released in a much more final state, whereas Rust was developed in the open from very very early. Rust has always known what it wanted to be, it has just taken a while to find the best way to actually fill that goal. That isn't really a fundamental problem with the language (in fact, I see the constant iteration and change as a good thing: the language was developed empirically, removing features that didn't work/pull their weight, adding ones that did), although it is definitely a good reason for people to have not used Rust historically.
In any case, this discussion seems like a non-sequitur: whether Go is boring to hanlec or not is orthogonal to whether Go is more stable than Rust or not. The fact that a language has been stable for years rather than only just now approaching stability might be something you value highly, but clearly hanlec has a different utility function.
Go hasn't changed much, because it is the natural extension of plan9 C and other languages from the past. If you look at the project layout of the plan9 source tree, it matches the Go project layout now.
I think plan9 C even used CSP channels in the form of a C library for most of the servers. They just took what they already knew worked, and tried to polish it and add garbage collection.
Rust is trying many things at once then letting things die off as they prove useless.
> Rust is trying many things at once then letting things die off as they prove useless.
Yes, this is perfectly true. I cannot tell from your phrasing whether you think experimentation, learning from experience and removal of pointless code is good or bad. I personally think all of those are good, but you're perfectly entitled to differ.
Go was designed with the lessons learned and experienced gained from plan9, Rust was designed with the lessons learned and experienced gained from iterating on Rust itself. Seems pretty similar. :)
In any case, this discussion seems like a non-sequitur: whether Go is boring to hanlec or not is orthogonal to whether Go is more stable than Rust or not. The fact that a language has been stable for years rather than only just now approaching stability might be something you value highly, but clearly hanlec has a different utility function.