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FAQ addition? Why is it called Clojure?

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
clojure
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Read the linked 2009 Clojure mailing-list explanation of the name and inspect the clojure.org FAQ structure. Add a concise FAQ entry if the explanation fits the site's documentation, then verify that the question and answer are visible and the source link is retained.

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Description

Rich explained it on the main mailing list back in 2009 but it's hard to track this down. Should it be an FAQ?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clojure/4uDxeOS8pwY/UHiYp7p1a3YJ

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