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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 105 points 1 month ago

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 99 points 1 month ago

Are you gnu here?

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 month ago

Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

Yer such a wildebeest!

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

What can I say, I’m a candidate for !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

[-] Damage@feddit.it 12 points 1 month ago

You must have jift for that

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

They’ll be back in a jiff.

[-] Klear@quokk.au 19 points 1 month ago

You can easily answer this for yourself by looking up what the G stands for.

Wait...

[-] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

The G in GNU stands for JPEG.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

Unironic answer, the "g" is pronounced, but obviously like the g in give or great, not like j.

[-] M33@sharkey.world 8 points 1 month ago

@zqwzzle@lemmy.ca @flamingos@feddit.uk it’s pronounced .GIF

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.