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Why is Spring Initializr spelled initializr instead of initializer? [closed]

I just started learning spring and while going to site https://start.spring.io/ I found that the spring people have spelled initializer as initializr. I was wondering whether it was random or is their a reason behind it.

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Pankaj Pawar Avatar asked Feb 12 '19 07:02

Pankaj Pawar


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It was inspired by http://www.initializr.com/ (which is maybe slightly different in intent, but fills a similar niche).

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Dave Syer Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 07:09

Dave Syer