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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-05 18:54:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-05 18:54:52 +0100 |
| commit | ddf77132bf33cd7807e9614d37dd7b3e3703a994 (patch) | |
| tree | 14d44d20e1e80c346aeffedb20352da5cdc2fad6 /hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn | |
| parent | 7ccfcbe2c1cb970845d5a7fb2ab02287a71333fe (diff) | |
Add source and align to it.
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diff --git a/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn index 677f100d..3527703a 100644 --- a/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn +++ b/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd/origin_of_the_name.mdwn @@ -11,15 +11,17 @@ is included in the section entitled [[meta title="Origin of the Name"]] -<!-- TODO. Source? --> - -According to Thomas Bushnell, the primary architect of the Hurd: - -> *Hurd*, as an acronym, stands for *Hird of [[Unix]]-Replacing Daemons*. -> *Hird*, in turn, 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. +[According to Thomas +Bushnell](http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/hurd/hurd-name), the primary +architect of the Hurd: + +> 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. [Quoting](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00099.html) him further: |