weastie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 年前Ironically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu ismessage-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down110
arrow-up1238arrow-down1message-squareIronically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu isweastie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 年前No one can really know what GNU stands for unless they can perform an infinite recursion in constant time.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前GNU isn’t entirely infinite though. After unpacking GNU is Not Unix 10^45 times, you actually find out what the final G is for.
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 年前I actually wrote a script to figure out what the last G stands for. The last G stsnds for “RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded”. Pretty weird.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前This is why it really should have been called “NNU”, that would work perfectly.
No one can really know what GNU stands for unless they can perform an infinite recursion in constant time.
GNU isn’t entirely infinite though. After unpacking GNU is Not Unix 10^45 times, you actually find out what the final G is for.
I actually wrote a script to figure out what the last G stands for. The last G stsnds for “RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded”. Pretty weird.
NaN’s not UNIX
This is why it really should have been called “NNU”, that would work perfectly.