flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 15 days agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square147linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareQ*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 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-up2·14 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”.
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