TIL that the P in PHP stands for PHP
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There's a joke in here about them essentially covering up the old name and PHP's reputation but I don't feel like starting a sledge thread over PHP when JavaScript is right there lol.
YAML does this too. YAML Ain't Markup Language.
WINE Is Not an Emulator
Huh. For some reason i thought it was Yet Another Markup Language. But yours is more on brand.
That was the original meaning. It got changed at some point.
oh interesting, as that's what PHP did too. Originally it was just a set of shell scripts for creating "Personal Home Pages" and it gradually grew into the beautiful swan it is today <3
Same for the mp3 encoder :
https://lame.sourceforge.io/about.php
The S stands for secure.
GNU does it a lot, for some reason that lot find it hugely entertaining
Do they still do it? Thought it was the meme/fad of the 80s/90s.
you won't believe what the W stands for in WINE.
There recursive acronyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym
_ Nested_ recursive acronyms, even!
I thought it stood for PCP.
Full name is Personal Home Page: Hypertext Preprocessor.
Why does it sounds like videogame title.
Yes, things change, hence the hindsight redefinition of what PHP stands for.
Businesses have feelings too, apparently
phphp
GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix.
But what does the P in that one stand for?
Preprocessor
Penis
I see that, too, are a card carrying member of the PEN15 club.
It's exploits all the way down.
You should look up "Wine" (the window emulator for Linux)
But Wine is not an emulator
Funny how "Wine Is Not an Emulator" spells out Wine, don't you think?
Or maybe it could be Wine Is aN Emulator...
Really makes you think...
^^^/s