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FAQ addition? Why is it called Clojure?
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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
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100