Oh gnu, where the g stands for gnu
The G is silent.
and the g in gnu stands for gnu
So if I’m getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(…)gnuimptklibobject.
gnuplestiltskin
It is front recursive so it’s really “…is not unix is not unix is not unix is not unix image manipulation program tool kit object” and that first g doesn’t exist.
Following the modern C conventions, the text following the series of (gnu) doesn’t matter and you can write anything you want there.
Gnugnugnufuckyou
It’s recursive so it’s more like gnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnugnu…
Now you need to write a layer of typedefs to map the expanded names back to their original types.
Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.
GNU does have a kernel though
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Did make me actually laugh.
KNURD
gotem
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?
Yeah, they missed the best part.
GNU stands for GNU’s Not Unix, which is a recursive acronym. And, when pronounced properly (like the animal) the G is silent. The entire Linux ecosystem has words that start with G based on an acronym where G essentially comes from nowhere, and isn’t actually pronounced.
Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the “g” in GNU isn’t silent.
So it depends on whether you want to pronounce it “properly” or as it was intended.
The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix!”; it is pronounced as one syllable with a hard g, like “grew” but with the letter n instead of r.
gnew?
Well, I dont wanna start a debate, but the official website of GNU indicate that the “g” in GNU isn’t silent.
Yeah, but that’s wrong. It’s named after the animal, and the animal is pronounced without a G sound. I’m not going to mangle the pronunciation because they screwed up.
Depends on where you’re from.
Noot noot mother fucker
Gnoot gnoot
I can’t believe they didn’t put this one in there!
Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?
nobbes. they breeak your nobbes
Opportunity missed in not calling it
GnObject.Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?
Believe it or not, yes.
That is why large companies don’t want you to find where it is. The application of proprietary condoms to GNU licensed body parts would taint them with gpl license.
it actually stands for garam masala
When I met rms, I said “gnoperating system” lmao
Things to do on Christmas:
- Unwrap gifts ❌
- Unwrap acronyms ✔️
Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?
Are you gnu here?
Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.
Yer such a wildebeest!
What can I say, I’m a candidate for !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
You must have jift for that
They’ll be back in a jiff.
You can easily answer this for yourself by looking up what the G stands for.
Wait…
The G in GNU stands for JPEG.
Unironic answer, the “g” is pronounced, but obviously like the g in give or great, not like j.
Depends what language you pronounce it in.
@zqwzzle@lemmy.ca @flamingos@feddit.uk it’s pronounced .GIF
The G in GIF stands for Graphical, but the G in Graphical stands for Graham Crackers, the G in Graham Crackers stands for God, and the G in God stands for Gnu. From there it’s Gnus all the way down. Also, God pronounces “Graphical” with a soft G as in Jod.
Also, God pronounces “Graphical” with a soft G as in Jod.
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It’s pronounced Jee Iuayh Eff (G I F)
like XCF or PDF
Surely you mean Gee.
The G is silent
It is in jnu.
and the g in gnu also stands for gnu
and the g in gnu also stands for gnu
thank you
i expected this sooner xD
Yeah - supposed to be the pinnacle
I…I lost track of what just happened. G stands for…something, I imagine.
(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)
Ah a cursed dialect of lisp that’s inversed.
Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for “GNU’s Not UNIX”, so the G in GNU stands for GNU.
Jraphics
Oh god. Is this going to be like how you pronounce “gif”?
Is it gif?
Or is it gif?
The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest
A topic with a a lot of gnuances.
Reminds me of an old joke about how everything in KDE has a k and it’s very annoyink and irrtitatink bekause they have less laks user interface kuidelines than GNOME. (I haven’t checked, they’ve probably vastly improved since then)
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