Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/11/25/01:33:04
Peter Palotas wrote:
>
> I can't understand what they mean with that, there must be another original
> meaning to GNU, right? What does the G in GNU stand for, it can't stand
> for GNU, can it!?
In fact, it can. It's a recursive acronym; GNU stands for GNU's Not
Unix. If the original 'G' ever stood for anything, I have no idea what
it could be, although the reference to the hooved mammal known as the
"gnu" is probably the most likely reason for picking 'G'. :)
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