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-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”.
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”.