From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: maxigas@anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:47:12 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] daemons are not to be exorcised In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <878tanplgf.fsf@terra.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> "A. P. Garcia" writes: > The Hacker's Dictionary says that daemons were so named in CTSS. I'm > guessing then that Ken Thompson brought them into Unix? I've noticed that > more recent implementations of init have shunned the traditional > terminology in favor of the more prosaic word "services". For example, > Solaris now has SMF, the Service Management Facility, and systemd, the > linux replacement for init, has services as well. It makes me a little sad, > because it feels like some of the imaginativeness, fancifulness, and > playfulness that imbue the Unix spirit are being lost. Sweet and sour observation indeed. I totally agree. However, not all is lost and there is some poetic justice in systemd being called system-D, where the last letter still stands for a daemon. -- Maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice Center for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University https://relay70.metatron.ai/ Unix is a Registered Bell of AT&T Trademark Laboratories. - Donn Seeley