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[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

i tried that and the stack overflowed

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] anton 2 points 3 months ago

Just put it in a formal grammar:

GNU -> GNU's Not Unix's
GNU -> gnu
GIMP -> GNU image manipulation program
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