all of this conversation give so much hungry: a coup of WINE, with some friet GAMBAS!
Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO) http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com 2017-07-13 16:28 GMT-04:00 Fabien Bodard <gambas...@gmail.com>: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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