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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] What is the meaning behind the "labl" prefix?

it was a fore-running harbinger of:
twittr
flickr
etc.
http://rekkerd.org/whats-up-with-all-these-missing-vowels/

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Anthony Tavener
<anthony.tavener@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've sometimes wondered this... but where does "Labl" come from in
> LablGL/TK/GTK and now Lablwebkit?
>
> OCaml bindings to libraries... but I'm not sure how to come to that prefix,
> even invoking my limited French. Maybe it's obvious, but I've failed to see
> it. Any hints? :)