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Jon Roadley-Battin |
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Webpage statement |
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:14:39 +0000 |
Hi,
I just came across this project. I noted you have mentioned something
on the front page
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html
QUOTE:
`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.
VHDL is that and has been around longer
V-Hardware Descriptive Language
Wher the V is shortened from VHSIC= Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
Thus Hurd is not the first software to be named by a pair of mutually
recursive acronyms.
Now ok Hurd is a piece of software and VHDL is a software language. But well
just thought I would let you know ;)
- Webpage statement,
Jon Roadley-Battin <=