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From: masini@crin.crin.fr (Gerald MASINI)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Why ``Flavors'' ?
Message-ID: <442@crin.crin.fr>
Date: 14 Apr 88 16:53:15 GMT
Reply-To: masini@crin.crin.fr (Gerald MASINI)
Organization: C.R.I.N
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For some article I am currently writing, I would like to know the genesis
of the name ``Flavors'', and why precisely ``vanilla'' has been chosen as
the name of the more general class ?
Sorry if the point has been yet discussed in the News, but I've missed it
anyway.
Thanx in advance.
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Ge'rald MASINI        CRIN (Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy)
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