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

submitted 2 days ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 103 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you gnu here?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yer such a wildebeest!

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Damage@feddit.it 12 points 2 days ago

You must have jift for that

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

They’ll be back in a jiff.

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Depends what language you pronounce it in.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

Wait...

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The G in GNU stands for JPEG.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago

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

[–] M33@sharkey.world 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.