I browsed the archive from June to November looking for set, string  
and symbol. If someone has a better
search engine I would be interested reading this thread.


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> It has. Before your time. The original version of the method has a  
> stamp saying "di 4/11/2000". And if you look at the archives of  
> Squeak-dev in the second half of 2000 I'm sure you'll find the  
> discussion.