From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 11:44:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B5316A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:44:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D85E43D39 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:44:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: (from rb@localhost) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.11.7/8.11.6) id j1ABhuA41686; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:43:56 GMT (envelope-from rb) Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20050210114107.044b0810@gid.co.uk> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:43:44 +0000 To: Peter Jeremy , From: Bob Bishop In-Reply-To: <20050210063210.GD57256@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <42094BCD.8060109@veldy.net> <852a5a28dc0de30211ed20243c4d29cf@ee.ryerson.ca> <420AD761.8040306@cs.tu-berlin.de> <20050210063210.GD57256@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Save the Demon! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:44:21 -0000 At 06:32 10/02/2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: >On 2005-Feb-10 04:39:13 +0100, Bj?rn K?nig wrote: > >David Magda wrote: > > > >>It's "daemon", not "demon". > >Or even "d=E6mon" > > >It's a question whether you are British or American or understand it as > >a proper name. ;-) > >My dictionary has both as headwords with a reference from demon to >daemon (but not vice versa) and lists "a service program that is >called into action by the operating system" under daemon. The >etymology is from greek "daimon" via latin "daemon". FWIW, Concise Oxford has: demon n. ... 5 (also daemon) a) an inner or attendant spirit; a genius (the demon of=20 creativity). b) a divinity or supernatural being in ancient Greece. -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295