As a C coder I really wish it had a standard syntax and a similar tool to deal with that. Dealing with proper style is a constant headache among a team. And I always feel like a "coding style nazi" when I bother other people to tell them "you should put spaces here", "your braces are not in the correct position", "you shouldn't use TABs there" etc...<p>So in the end I stop doing it (or I let small mistakes go by) and soon enough the whole codebase is heterogeneous and looks like crap everywhere.<p>I don't really care about Go and never used it but this is a very good move on their part IMO. No bickering allowed, it's standard. No arguing, just run "go fmt" and you're set. Brilliant.