Comment by rob74

Pray tell, what is it about Go that stops editors from using syntax highlighting when displaying Go code?

Seriously, IMHO Go is less "retro nostalgia" and more trying to stick to proven concepts (e.g. there was no test driven development in the 70s, and Go has testing/documentation/examples built into the language) while leaving out things like exceptions and inheritance that, while widespread, have significant disadvantages.