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From: carlg@world.std.com (Carl E Gundel)
Subject: Re: origin of the name Smalltalk
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The Unknown Ranger (an397723@anon.penet.fi) wrote:

: .
: What is the origin of the name Smalltalk?

Alan...  Adele...  Anybody?    ;-)

Seriously though, I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that the 
name Smalltalk reflects a design goal (among many) to be able to 
accomplish a lot with very little code.

Carl
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