Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:43:44 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Save the Demon! Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20050210114107.044b0810@gid.co.uk> 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>
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At 06:32 10/02/2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: >On 2005-Feb-10 04:39:13 +0100, Bj?rn K?nig <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> 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
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