Excerpts from Arnold Krille's message of 2010-04-07 17:33:39 +0200:
> On Wednesday 07 April 2010 02:26:55 Philipp wrote:
> > Excerpts from Jörn Nettingsmeier's message of 2010-04-07 02:16:54 +0200:
> > > well, lame ain't an mp3 encoder, and it sure as hell ain't an ogg vorbis
> > > encoder, either. no harm in focusing on not doing what you don't do best.
> > Uhm, lame IS an mp3 encoder, that's the only thing it is,
> > but it's not a vorbis decoder.
>
> Actually, lame == lame ain't a mp3 encoder. Its called a recursive acronym.
> But thats what lame stands for...
You're right. In all these years I never thought about it's name and
didn't think it was an acronym, but it is, according to:
http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.php
Thanks for filling this little hole in my education ;)
Philipp
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