I for one second Matteo (a fellow VUA) on his resistance to the Go proposal.
Yet I also appreciate Go as a rather well designed language, certainly better than Python.
Speaking of what I can do, whenever I'll find the occasion, I will contribute in C and ZSh.
I also think we should be picky and conservative about the quality of contributions. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about democratic approaches to codebases and advise to value quality over quantity.