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Freak_NLyesterday at 9:36 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why? Every name you pick is likely to be weird in one language or another. Mockito does one thing well as a name, and that is hinting strongly at what it is (a mocking library).


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kace91yesterday at 9:50 PM

>is likely to be weird in one language or another.

But this name is weird in the specific language it’s imitating (both the -ito termination for diminutives and the drink on which I assumed the name is based are Spanish).

lisbbbtoday at 3:08 AM

Wasn't it a riff on "Mojito" which was a popular drink at the time?

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