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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)

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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu

So gobject is gnuimptklibobject