What's the meaning of "squeak"?
Stephan Rudlof
sr at evolgo.de
Thu Mar 14 00:37:19 UTC 2002
Markus Gaelli wrote:
>
> As Squeak was called "Squeak" before Disney, it's not Mickey Mouse,
> who gave us this name.
>
> As I understand it, the origin is a well kept secret, but here come some
> wild speculations:
>
> - Maybe it's an acronym: "software quality for educators, artists and
> kids"?
>
> - Or is it the slogan of Neil Stephensons mouse-army in "Diamond Age",
> which came up
> around the same time as Squeak?
>
> ;-)
>
> (a curious) Markus
Smalltalk QUickly ExpAnds its Karma ;-)
--
Stephan Rudlof (sr at evolgo.de)
"Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis.
You can't simply say, 'Today I will be brilliant.'"
-- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3
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