It's probably about coming up with names. If I'm rewriting a tool like Awk in go, then coming up with new name is hard and naming it as goawk, means it is a re

It's probably about coming up with names. If I'm rewriting a tool like Awk in go, then coming up with new name is hard and naming it as goawk, means it is a reimplemention of Awk in go. If one names it as xyz, then it would probably gain less attraction, and in comments people would complain that this is a reimplemention of Awk in go.