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 ;-)

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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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