Koolaid (was Re: Optional Static Typing)

[Tim Jarman]

In article <ZsCdnZSwWvdn3lbcRVn-gw at powergate.ca>,
 Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:

> 
> P.S.: The ironic thing about all this is that it was
> actually something called "Flavor Aid", made by a
> company called Jel Sert (http://www.jelsert.com),
> and not Kool-Aid at all.  What would be even funnier
> is if the expression doesn't derive from the Jonestown
> suicides and I've always just assumed it did...

I always thought it was a reference to the Illuminatus! trilogy 
(http://tinyurl.com/5uhrz) by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson. At 
least, I'm pretty sure that's where I came across it. Maybe they were 
referencing Jamestown?

Now if only I could think of a connection between this and Python...

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