[ann] Minimal Python project
Gareth McCaughan
Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com
Mon Jan 13 17:58:59 EST 2003
Paul Rubin wrote:
> IIRC the etymology of Scheme-48 is that 48 is 84 spelled backwards--it
> was supposed to be a simple implementation of Scheme-84.
The explanation given by its creators is that it was supposed
to be so clean, well-organized and simple an implementation
that one could understand it completely in 48 hours. They
admit that this objective has not been completely achieved :-).
Of course it's possible that there are other reasons for the
name; perhaps the official one is retrofitted.
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Gareth McCaughan Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com
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