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From: mikew@gopher.dosli.govt.nz (Mike Williams)
Subject: Re: GNU Extension Language -- Scheme compatible?
In-Reply-To: eggert@twinsun.com's message of 24 Oct 1994 08:25:47 -0700
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>>> "Paul" == eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) wrote:

Paul> Isn't the choice of name obvious?
Paul> ``GNU Extension Scheme''.
Paul> We can call it ``escheme'' for short.

  No no no ... it should called `gel', particularly if it's going to be
  used to "glue" all the diverse GNU applications together. :-)

					- Mike W.
