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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)
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@hailey@hails.org on Mastodon: "the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu, but you shouldn't confuse it with gnulib, which is developed by the gnu project, who shouldn't be confused as the developers of glib, which is the gnome project, in which the g also stands for gnu".
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[–] 273 points 10 months ago (26 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

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  • [–] 104 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

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  • [–] 53 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I think this is sarcasm, but just in case it isn't... GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix".

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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.

    https://www.gnu.org/gnu/pronunciation.en.html

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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