Linux lore is my favourite
Don’t worry, it won’t be long before you find this sort of programmer humour more tiresome than charming.
Not everyone becomes a joyless spoilsport.
And this is why I can’t take Linux seriously.
All these years I thought GTK stands for Gnome Tool Kit…
It’s pretty common for people to think that, since the GNOME Foundation adopted it. It was originally created for GIMP though - the developer didn’t like Motif so they built their own replacement for it.
I mean… if you put it like that…
Wait why didn’t they keep unpacking the recursive acronym further? GNU’s Not Unix’s Not Unix’s Not Unix’s Not Unix I’d say that’s a pretty good amount although if there’s a mathematical way of formulating the unpacking of acronyms in a text I’d like to see the that repeated until infinity.
Just put it in a formal grammar:
GNU -> GNU's Not Unix's GNU -> gnu GIMP -> GNU image manipulation programi tried that and the stack overflowed
Engineers and naming things i guess?
Also, almost all of that is written in C, which is a successor to B, which is a simplified version of the Basic Combined Programming Language. There was never an A.
Assembly.
Ding ding.
Though there was a programming language called A Programming Language. Not the A programming language. A Programming Language.
@mindbleach @waigl APL?
Yes, A Programming Language.
Which requires a space-cadet keyboard.
Is there a D?
Yes. D is pretty awesome.
Yes, but I’m not sure if we want to open the “programming language can of worms”.
There’s B, C, C++, C#, Objective-C, D, E, F, F#, F* and so many more. Also, they may or may not have anything to do with each other
Also I’ve read that C# is C++++ (like put those + on 2x2 table, which in turns ressemble a #)
Hahaha I’ve never heard that before. Seems legit.
C# was originally “Java: The Good Parts” but but these days it’s a much more advanced language and runtime compared to Java.
As a dev who works on both Java and C# code, modern Java (17+) and C# feel almost exactly the same (not sure if Java has extension methods though).
Bonus points for using Kotlin instead tho. I dislike both Java and C# just because they both allow any object to be null and that’s usually a headache whenever a null exception shows up.
The only thing I like better about C# is the Fixture library for testing. I haven’t found any mature libraries like it for Java yet.
they both allow any object to be null and that’s usually a headache whenever a null exception shows up.
C# has nullable reference types now: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/nullable-references. If you enable it, you have to explicitly make reference types nullable (like
?string) and you’ll get build warnings if you try to use a variable that’s potentially null.
But of course Java and Javascript are related /s
I once had a C# dev tell me they couldn’t run JavaScript because they didn’t have Java installed.
The number of job applications using Java as a shorthand for Javascript…
Of course. Great, another D in programming.
Let’s not forget about Ian and his wife, Debbie.
Edit: Now ex-wife, apparently.
Ex wife and ex Ian
Bruh
Holy shit! Is this real?
Linux claimed another victim ✊😔
“GNU is Not Unix Image Manipulation Program Tool Kit” is still a better name for GTK than “GIMP ToolKit”.
It’s a name that will definitely raise some eyebrows in the less technically inclined circles. (and maybe a few “Pulp Fiction” references about “bring out the gimp”)
What a coincidence, I’m currently learning GTK4/Libadwaita :>
I have a slightly higher appreciation for recursive acronyms now.
TIL Wayland is named after a town
I always thought it was the corp from the Alien series. 🤓
In the Brolien universe it’s called Wheyland
In the mass obsessed universe it’s called Weighland.
In the map obsessed universe it’s called Wayland.
Very similar to our universe, that one.
That’s Weyland-Yutani
so is dracut and weston.
i think that naming software after towns in Massachusetts is somekind of red hat in-joke.
It’s even neater. The name of towns/cites cannot be trademarked. The safest thing you can do when naming a project is naming it after a town so you don’t run into legal troubles in the future.
You can eventually trademark once you get big enough. As with all things law it’s a bit tricky. However, the default is that geographic locations aren’t trademarkable.
For further reading on when you can trademark.
https://www.yospinlaw.com/2016/06/15/trademark-on-a-geographical-location
Who’s going to take this as legal advice and name a project Apple?
Openstack releases are named after the nearest town to conference that matches the next series in the alphabet.
GNU IS NOT LINUX
On second thought, let’s not move to Linux.
Yes, tis a silly place.
