Re: Redefining the acronym for PHP
| From: | George Langley | Date: | Sat, 14 Mar 2020 05:47:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Redefining the acronym for PHP | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Wrong day. Today is Friday the 13th, NOT April 1st!
George
> On Mar 13, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Jeremy O'Connor <jeremyoconnor@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The recursive acronym for the name PHP is problematic, in terms of logic and finiteness. It can
> never be written out in full, in a finite time nor in a finite manner. For example to expand it, one
> would end up with an infinte sequence as follows:
>
> PHP, PHP Hypertext Processor, PHP Hypertext Processor Hypertext Processor, PHP Hypertext
> Processor Hypertext Processor Hypertext Processor, ...
>
> How would the community feel about redefining the acronym for PHP? My personal proposal for the
> name PHP is: "Powerful Hypertext Processor".
>
> --
> Jeremy O'Connor