Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:19:58PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:03, Roger Leigh <roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net> wrote:
> > Demons are evil, and the BSD mascot is a demon (albeit a stylised
>
> Below is the first definition provided by the "dict daemon" command in Debian.
>
> From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
>
> Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
> spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
> 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
> middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
> [1913 Webster]
I wonder if people here object to the daemon() library call.
I have to say that this whole discussion is reminding me of Jesux
(http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/) ...
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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