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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I.......I lost track of what just happened. G stands for......something, I imagine.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 9 points 18 hours ago

(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 21 hours ago

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.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jraphics

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Oh god. Is this going to be like how you pronounce "gif"?

Is it gif?

Or is it gif?