Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:32:28 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com> Cc: "'freebsd@masspostroad.net'" <freebsd@masspostroad.net>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20010829233227.A11923@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3EE6B@mailsvr.ecx.com> References: <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3EE6B@mailsvr.ecx.com>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 02:22:57PM -0700, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote: > Theory #1139: > A demon is thought to be a supernatural being that has limited power, but > its power cannot be used unless it is invoked. Likewise, a daemon sits in > the background and HAS power, but it doesn't use it unless it is called or > invoked. > > - Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew P. Marino [mailto:freebsd@masspostroad.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:08 AM > To: Iridium Ronin > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: > > > daemon/demon, it's a trivial word play. Now why they called them daemon is > another issue. I'm sure there's a very deep logical reason that any computer > scientist PHD would understand. From the FreeBSD Handbook: We call these programs daemons. Daemons were characters in Greek mythology; neither good or evil, they were little attendant spirits that, by and large, did useful things for mankind. Much like the web servers and mail servers of today do useful things. This is why the BSD mascot has, for a long time, been the cheerful looking daemon with sneakers and a pitchfork. (Hint: Read the documentation. There is a lot of useful and/or interesting stuff there.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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