flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1875file-text
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minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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-squarecypherix93@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoas in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agorival of George Checkers?
Then what does the g in gnu stand for?
you’re not gonna believe this…
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”.
Gary
as in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
rival of George Checkers?
All the gnus