For example, the famous GNU (GNUsNotUnix), PHP (PHP: HypertextPreprocessor) such as the famous GNU (GNU's Not Unix), PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) reply content: cool. It's interesting.
It was first used by Douglas Hofstadter. in the collection of different walls [1], he wrote the abbreviation GOD, "GOD Over Djinn". It was written in 1976 and was later called recursive acronym [2]. Later, hackers liked to joke about the naming process, and GNU was a little late.
From wikipedia [3]
[1] Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, in which Hofstadter
[2] Puzzles and Paradoxes: Infinity in Finite Terms
[3] Recursive acronym
Geek is a kind of culture. I personally think it is fun and cool.
Remember that it seems like the GNU header is willful ~ Recursive acronym
- Most recursive acronyms are recursive on the first letter, which is therefore an arbitrary choice, often selected for reasonsHumor,Quota of pronunciation, OrConsistency with an earlier acronymThat used the same letters for different words, such as PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, which was originally "Personal home page". However YOPY, "Your own personal YOPY" is recursive on the last letter (hence the last letter of the acronym had to be the same as the first ).
