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Re: Why is it called "ice-9"?

To: karlheg at bittersweet dot inetarena dot com (Karl M. Hegbloom)
Subject: Re: Why is it called "ice-9"?
From: Eric Moore <moore at chem dot cmu dot edu>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 19:27:44 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Michael Livshin <mlivshin at bigfoot dot com>,GNU Guile Scheme <guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
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>>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com> writes:

Karl>  I don't understand the allusions.  I've never read "Cat's
Karl> Cradle", nor do I know what Godot is.  I seem to recall seeing
Karl> `Godot' mentioned in the context of the new module system.

"wating for godot" is a play by Samuel Beckett.  The new module system
had been about to arrive Real Soon Now, for quite a while when it
picked up the code name Godot.  

In the play, Godot never arrived....

  -Eric

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