> You said, "I don't want people who've ever used Go to work on nuclear operations."

Artistic license/ Rule of Funny. Using a correct form, wouldn't have been as funny.

Also yeah, it's supposed to be condescending. I was mocking the author, mirroring his condescension towards the Rust team (to paraphrase said - stop checkmarking GC, get crackin' on Rust; Wouldn't use Rust in a nuclear power plant).