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		mrich on Feb 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sta.li: Static Linux They missed a chance to call a project 'Stalin'.

nathell on Feb 19, 2014 | [–]

That name is already taken: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin_(Scheme_implementation)

exDM69 on Feb 19, 2014 | [–]

Perhaps because they had the opportunity to use the sta.li domain and/or avoid confusion with the Stalin Scheme compilers?

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