Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/25/02:08:15.1
In article <7dbdfj$5cq$1 AT newnews DOT global DOT net DOT uk>, "Robert Moir"
<kingbob AT moirct DOT globalnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote in message
> news:199903240258 DOT VAA20640 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com...
> >
> > > DJ: Isn't this a typo or something? I think it is NOME or NATS, not
> > > guh-NOME or guh-NATS.
> >
> > gnome = GNU Network Object Model Environment
> > gnats = GNU Anomaly Tracking System (I think)
>
> bob:
> This is a whole stupid "mouse/mice/mouses" thing isnt it? If youre being
> gramatically correct it should be pronounced G - N - U because its an
> abbreviation. But you wont do that, because you're programmers. I always say
> g'noo, because of the song "im a gnu" by someone or other.
So, when I write my famous program (ha ha!) I'm going to
call it SCONE ! (or maybe SCONE2000)
Bernard
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Bernard P. Murray, PhD
Dept. Cell. Mol. Pharmacol., UCSF, San Francisco, USA
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