Re: [ANN] Squeeze: the friendly alien

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> On 19 May 2011 01:43, Drake Wilson <drake@dasyatidae.net> wrote:
>> Quoth David Manura <dm.lua@math2.org>, on 2011-05-18 19:16:20 -0400:
>>>
>>> On naming, my first (incorrect) impression was that Squeeze might have
>>> something to do with data compression, like Lua Squish.
>>
>> I confused it with the Debian release "squeeze", which is named after the
>> same character from Toy Story, if I'm not mistaken.
>
> The nice thing about Debian release names is that they're gone and
> forgotten within a few years. I'd also thought of the implication of
> compression: that's not bad, actually, since Squeeze hopefully reduces
> vastly the amount of code you have to write.

That's not squeezing.  "Honey, just go for a walk, and I'll squeeze
everything into that suitcase."  And at your destination, you tell her
"I simply didn't bother packing your stuff."

I don't think your idea of "squeezing" will make for tranquil days.

-- 
David Kastrup