> Clojure was such a brilliant name
IIRC Rich wanted a name that has CLR and J in it - Clojure initially was officially to be supported on both .Net and Java stacks. Later he realized that keeping it completely compatible on both platforms is an uphill battle. CLR Clojure still exists, but it's not "an officially supported" runtime.
My /usr/share/dict/words offers Clojure, cajolery, and jocular[ly/ity]. Jocular's not bad.
hahaha. Jocular reminded me the naming story of Karma test runner. Initially they named the project "Testacular". With a description that was something like "Spectacular test runner" (or something like that). Sadly, they had to rename it and the choice imo was a lame one. Karma? Really? I suppose some Mormon-backed Google partner thought the initial name was inscripturesque and the team had to choose something Buddhist to passive-aggressively throw a finger.
> Whenever I see a project starting with "Clo" I pay attention.
You're going to love my "Cobol in Clojure" project "Clobol" then!
"Surely this is a joke," I thought as I read this.
Then I did a Google search just to make sure...
So, I actually was joking. But then I did a Google search after reading your response, and much to my astonishment I found that there actually is a clobol project[1]! I honestly had no idea.
BTW, Clojure was such a brilliant name (from Rich): Whenever I see a project starting with "Clo" I pay attention.
EDIT: had a chance to try it: a very cool resource!