flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 7 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up54·7 days agoThen what does the g in gnu stand for?
minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoGreatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agog’news and g’day to you as well, g’lady!
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·7 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-up2·7 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-down1·7 days agoas in the inventor of chess, THE Gary Chess?
minus-squarethethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agorival of George Checkers?
Then what does the g in gnu stand for?
gnu
Okay but what does the g stand for?
Blue Gnu or Black Gnu?
Greatsoftware Notwithstanding Unix
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