[squeak-dev] 4.6 -- codename

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Fri Mar 6 21:36:06 UTC 2015


>
> On 06-03-2015, at 12:24 PM, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "From Cog to Spur" -- we need a snappy codename that makes sense for
>> this release.
>
> Gearbox. Connects an input cog to an output spur gear
>
>
> tim
> --
> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
> Useful random insult:- Only playing with 51 cards.
>

"Gearbox" is perfect! I like it.

<ot>
The IBM Gearbox (http://www.meco.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7938) was
a heavily hyped PC based product for industrial applications back in the
1990s. But I don't think they will mind if we liberate the name and apply
it to a more noble purpose.
</ot>

Dave





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