The competence is assumed. The disappointment comes from people who are competent not doing the due diligence that some think should be par for the course when naming a project.

You seem to be a lot more saddened than I am that a nice two letter name wasn't successfully squatted for all eternity by a no longer maintained ultra obscure niche language that no one has ever heard of let alone used.

Now perl stealing prolog's file extension on the other hand...

I don't have any particular opinion about Go. Just occurred to me there might be a more charitable interpretation of the comment.