The Secret Inside Joke Developers Have Been Hiding In Plain Sight For Decades
How-To Geek, Saturday, April 5th, 2025
For decades, software developers have been slipping jokes into their work.
One of the most enduring, clever, and geekily satisfying inside jokes has been hiding in plain sight: the recursive acronym. It's grown from an obscure quirk to a cherished tradition-and still going strong today.