Here’s a good article from O’Reilly. I love the game of Go
too. perl.com: Object-Oriented Perl [Nov. 07, 2001]
“But I think the most interesting thing I’ve found that Go and Perl have in common is that there are various different stages in your development as you learn either one. It’s almost as if there are several different plateaus of experience, and you have to climb up a huge hill before getting onto the next plateau.”