What's the meaning of "squeak"?
Stephan Rudlof
sr at evolgo.de
Thu Mar 14 00:40:49 UTC 2002
I wrote:
>
> 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 ;-)
Better: Smalltalk QUickly Expands All its Karma
Greetings,
Stephan
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