flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agoFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukimagemessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.2Kfile-text
arrow-up11.2KimageFree software has some glib naming conventionsfeddit.ukflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewhosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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”.
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