You need to not run something to win, right? ( lemmy.world )

starman , vor 3 Monaten

Linux

• has boring name

Hurd

• has mutually recursive name

mexicancartel , vor 3 Monaten

It's time [to] explain the meaning of "Hurd". "Hurd" stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons". And, then, "Hird" stands for "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth". We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms.

— Thomas (then Michael) Bushnell

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Wow TIL

FuglyDuck , vor 3 Monaten

pretty sure Hurd shat the bed.

or was that Herd?

DmMacniel , vor 3 Monaten

You sir just won a mega pint of wine.