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Why not just change the name to GNG (Gnuplot's Not Gnu)?

• jl6 5y ago
  It probably doesn’t matter enough. There’s limited downside to people thinking this is an official GNU project. This is a minor entry on the FAQ, not a Crusade Against Wrongness like “GNU vs GNU/Linux vs GNU+Linux”.
• wongarsu 5y ago
  The moment they announce that we will learn of someone GPG Next Generation (short: GNG) effort
  • js8 5y ago
    I am sure they will be kind enough to rename themselves to GNGNGNG.
    • Y_Y 5y ago
      This is, of course, a representation of the noise you make when you think about silly program names and all the chaos they can cause.
• e12e 5y ago
  >... the name "gnuplot" was actually a compromise. I wanted to call it "llamaplot" and Colin wanted to call it "nplot." We agreed that "newplot" was acceptable but, we then discovered that there was an absolutely ghastly pascal program of that name that the Computer Science Dept. occasionally used. I decided that "gnuplot" would make a nice pun and after a fashion Colin agreed. Sounds like a change to camel plot (cplot) might make more sense (another even-toed ungulate, not easily mistaken for a gnu)? ;)
• agumonkey 5y ago
  Good numerical graphics