Is that so odd? The creators have a background that predate the (relatively recent - even more so when golang was created) GNU convention. A convention that is

Is that so odd? The creators have a background that predate the (relatively recent - even more so when golang was created) GNU convention. A convention that is (or at least was) mostly prevalent on Linux anyway. Personally, I'm puzzled when people act as if the GNU double dash convention is a universal standard.