2017-07-13 20:44 GMT+02:00 Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahti...@gmail.com>: > Many open source projects have animal name or logo. So I guess it's just > old tradition.
In fact the tradition for geek programmers in the unix world was to find a recurssive acronym. It means the Name is an acronym that contain the name itself WINE = Wine Is Not Emulator GAMBAS = Gambas Almost Mean BASic So the logo of something looking a bit to a shrimp was a logical choice... Well normally shrimps have not claws... but i find it give an idea of super powerfull shrimp ;-) > > Jussi > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Jorge Carrión <sho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's a joke, I think. Searching for something that contains BAS, from >> Basic. Why an animal I don't know. Benoit likes to eat prawns, I >> soppouse... >> >> 😁😁😁 >> >> Best Regards >> >> 2017-07-13 8:37 GMT+02:00 Fernando Cabral <fernandojosecab...@gmail.com>: >> >> > *Warning: this is only a linguistic curiosity with no relation to Gambas, >> > the language.* >> > >> > Entirely by chance, I came across the following definition and etymology >> > for gambas, the word: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > *From Petit Robert 2007: gambasgambas [gɑ̃bas] nom féminin plurielétym. >> > répandu v. 1960; catalan gamba, du latin populaire cambarus, classique >> > cammarus, du grec kammarosv■ Grosses crevettes comestibles de la >> > Méditerranée. Gambas frites (è scampi), grillées. Brochette de gambas.▫ >> > Rare Une gamba [gɑ̃ba].* >> > In Brazil, I never heard the word gamba. I never found it in written >> text. >> > Nevertheless, at least one Brazilian dictionary registers it as a Spanish >> > word only recently introduced into Portuguese. So, perhaps it is used in >> > Portugal. >> > >> > Anyway, it is interesting to know that, in the end, it comes from Greek >> > "kammaros" that gave us the Portuguese "camarão" and the Italian >> > "gamberetto". Nevertheless, at the first sight, it is hard to see that >> > "gamba" and "camarão" come from the same Greek word. >> > >> > -- >> > Fernando Cabral >> > Blogue: http://fernandocabral.org >> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/fjcabral >> > e-mail: fernandojosecab...@gmail.com >> > Facebook: f...@fcabral.com.br >> > Telegram: +55 (37) 99988-8868 >> > Wickr ID: fernandocabral >> > WhatsApp: +55 (37) 99988-8868 >> > Skype: fernandojosecabral >> > Telefone fixo: +55 (37) 3521-2183 >> > Telefone celular: +55 (37) 99988-8868 >> > >> > Enquanto houver no mundo uma só pessoa sem casa ou sem alimentos, >> > nenhum político ou cientista poderá se gabar de nada. >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > ------------------ >> > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Gambas-user mailing list >> > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Gambas-user mailing list >> Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user -- Fabien Bodard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
