Where does the name Flavors come from ?
What are the best references on Flavors ?
Thanks in advance,
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In article <···@crin.UUCP> ······@crin.UUCP (Dominique COLNET) writes:
>Where does the name Flavors come from ?
This is an educated guess. Working Backwards:
Orignal Lisp Machine => MIT => Cambridge, Mass. (here's where we make the
jump) => Steve's IceCream .
At Steve's you can get what are called "Mix-in's" where you take say, M&M's
or or granola and mix it in to the IceCream. This is similar (if you have
a real good imagination) to how Flavors work in Lisp, you add and combine
different "mixins" until you get the taste that you're looking for.
"Truth is stranger than fiction"
Please no flames... It's just a guess based on "personal communications".
Scott Presnell Organic Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zentrum)
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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