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Re: Why is it called "ice-9"?
- To: Michael Livshin <mlivshin at bigfoot dot com>
- Subject: Re: Why is it called "ice-9"?
- From: karlheg at bittersweet dot inetarena dot com (Karl M. Hegbloom)
- Date: 15 May 2000 02:02:54 -0700
- Cc: GNU Guile Scheme <guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <87wvkwi6f2.fsf@bittersweet.intra> <s31z3443ri.fsf@bigfoot.com>
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Livshin <mlivshin@bigfoot.com> writes:
Michael> karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
>> What's the origin of the name "ice-9"?
Michael> Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle".
Michael> now, *why* it's used in Guile the way it's used I don't know.
Michael> plus, Godot is supposed to make it obsolete, ones he comes.
I don't understand the allusions. I've never read "Cat's Cradle",
nor do I know what Godot is. I seem to recall seeing `Godot'
mentioned in the context of the new module system.