Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Go is the new hot language on HN. It's what startups are switching to and blogging about en masse.
Before Go a bunch of shops switched from ruby and rails to scala for various reasons. Before scala companies switched from either php or something enterprisey like Java/C# to rails. Before that people switched from C++ to Java/C#. Before that C to C++. Before that ASM to C. Before that punchcards to ASM.
Thus, in terms of the hype cycle, Go is the new Scala.
Before Go a bunch of shops switched from ruby and rails to scala for various reasons. Before scala companies switched from either php or something enterprisey like Java/C# to rails. Before that people switched from C++ to Java/C#. Before that C to C++. Before that ASM to C. Before that punchcards to ASM.
Thus, in terms of the hype cycle, Go is the new Scala.