flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 days agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agog’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·2 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-up2·2 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-up15arrow-down1·2 days agoas in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agorival of George Checkers?
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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
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?