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What's with the name??

There is already a well-known and popular library for graph analysis (in C++) named "Lemon Graph Library". It is 10 years old. As far as I can tell, this new library is not related in any way. (Am I mistaken?)

Did they not simply google for the words "lemon graph" before they published this code base? Or am I missing something?

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My guess of how this evolved: LMDB => LemonDB.

Do you seriously think they care about re-using a name for a throw-away non-classified project? People have better things to do with their time.

The idea of the NSA googling `lemon graph` then saying "Welp, looks like someone else already has it. Back to the drawing board", is actually pretty hilarious.

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