[squeak-dev] Renaming "Squeak"
Jeffrey Straszheim
jstraszheim at comcast.net
Wed Mar 5 02:32:02 UTC 2008
The mouse is Cute!
Every time I launch Squeak the mouse makes me happy. I'm doing serious
work with it, and I'm happy while I do so.
Smalltalk is a joy to program in, especially given that I spend my day
job working with that stupid coffee language. Let us celebrate the joy.
Long Live Squeak!
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:22 AM, K. K. Subramaniam <subbukk at gmail.com
> <mailto:subbukk at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> If we are going to strip Squeak down and rebuild it, should we
> consider
> picking a new name for the project? The name Squeak has been
> around for more
> than a decade and has strong associations (good or bad) with
> certain feature
> sets and intended uses. A legally clear open source base is a good
> time to
> invent a new platform that can consolidate the lessons learnt from
> the Squeak
> project and build a new system for the next generation - just as
> Squeak
> emerged from Smalltalk-80.
>
> Spoon? Hydra? Athena? Phoenix? Roar :-)?
>
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