On 18 August 2010 13:58, Sean Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 August 2010 13:09, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> GIMP is recursive by the definition 'An Acronym is defined as >> recursive if it refers to itself in the expression for which it >> stands, or if any of the initials stands for a recursive acronym.' >> (Excellent, a recursive definition of a recursive acronym.) > > And that definition exists where?
I did not say that it was necessarily a generally accepted definition, merely that by that definition GIMP is recursive and therefore my original statement that 'it depends on the definition' is true. Having said that I believe I have seen that definition used somewhere on the web so it must be ok. I will just have a quick google ... Ah yes, have a look at http://old.nabble.com/11.04-Natty-Narwhal-td29463807i20.html#a29470562 :) Colin -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
