flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up45·3 days agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agog’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·3 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-up1·3 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-squarecypherix93@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 days agoas in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agorival of George Checkers?
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”.
Gary
as in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
rival of George Checkers?
All the gnus