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Ask HN: “GNU's not Unix, but Unix is a beast; its plural form is Unixen. mean?
Found this in GNU Grep man page
"GNU's not Unix, but Unix is a beast; its plural form is Unixen."
What does it mean actually?
- scmoore 12y agoI'm guessing it's a joke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest And "unixen" refers to the weird english "ox / oxen" pluralization. GNU's not Unix, but they're similar because they're both hoofed mammals.
- MaysonL 12y agoThat someone doesn't like Unices.
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