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by laerus 750 days ago
At this rate of naming projects after the same valuable stones, we are going to need namespacing for the CLI tools.
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Off the top of my head amber can refer to: an in browser small talk implementation, a typed to bash compiled language, a text replacement tool, a crystal mvc web framework, and a medical simulation software.
Dang I made my post and now I see I really do need a heart attack, I only knew the first 3, and now you throw two more in the mix. Yikes.
There's an Amber Smalltalk and Amber Bash Scripting Language and this. I just discovered these literally the past week.

"Namespace collisions" in the real world get my goat in general, but in this case, I'm about to have a heart attack from the discovery of all 3 in one week.

I get why for all cases : amber=electron/ήλεκτρο in Ancient Greek.* But still.

* One of my favorite albums is Amber by Autechre, and where I learned this nugget (also - it's a pile of Sand Dunes on the cover, so silicon). Clever boys.

Use amber to search through your amber code
Amber is the ex who keeps digging up the past.
This project has been around for a while.
related, you might want to consider changing your username - when I saw your comment I thought you were the Madrid sporting organization and it took me a while to realize.
but mine can be read backwards