PHP Meaning

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Does anyone else see anything wrong with that statement? (and its not just w3c that states the acronym). Correct me if im wrong, but I was under the impression you cant use the term when defining the terms meaning? Surely this applies to acronyms too?

 

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Er - no. This is one of a long line of self-referential acronyms, including:
GNU - GNU is Not Unix
PINE - PINE is Not Elm

In fact doing this is somewhat 'normal' in the computing world.

Harry.

 

PHP, as it is now known and used, is the second incarnation of PHP. The original PHP was acronymed as PHP/FI, and was called Personal Home Page. I just think the PHP acronym was kept, but what it was supposed to stand for was changed so it would appear more "professional".

 

Also look at this wikipedia page, which also notes that the PHP acronym wasn't originaly intended as a recursive one.

Harry.

 

Let's face it. These acronyms were coined in the 1970s when all the programmers and engineers coining the phrases were higher than kites.