flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukexternal-linkmessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 months agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agog’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·2 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-up2·2 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-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoas in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agorival of George Checkers?
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGreatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOkay but what does the g stand for?
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
Gary
as in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
rival of George Checkers?
All the gnus
Greatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
gnu
Okay but what does the g stand for?
Blue Gnu or Black Gnu?