Just wanted to jump in and say Hi!
I'm the 'friend' Tachikoma is referring to :-) If everything goes well I'll be dedicating my time developing the Go implementation.
Regarding the time frame for 1.0; it would be too early to tell. I'm sure that once we start plotting out a proper course and thinker in finer detail we could give a rough estimate, for now it's just too early.
Also I don't think we should focus on a quick and small gain and believe that much more support can be found in a proper, solid implementation. I know from experience that building on a poor foundation leads to nothing but trouble and unhappy developers

Anyways, just thought I'd share my thoughts
