flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 21 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square140linkfedilinkarrow-up11.14Kfile-text
arrow-up11.14KimageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square140linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up54·21 days agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 days agog’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·21 days agoI think this is sarcasm, but just in case it isn’t… GNU is a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix”.
minus-squarewhosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoMy guess for why they chose the letter g is that gnu can be phonetically the same as just nu, but keeps people from interpreting the name of the project as a dumb spelling of “new”.
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoGreatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
Then what does the g in gnu stand for?
you’re not gonna believe this…
I’ve got g’news for you…
g’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
I think this is sarcasm, but just in case it isn’t… GNU is a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix”.
My guess for why they chose the letter g is that gnu can be phonetically the same as just nu, but keeps people from interpreting the name of the project as a dumb spelling of “new”.
gnot unix
Greatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
gnu
Okay but what does the g stand for?
Blue Gnu or Black Gnu?