guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agoHow do you pronounce daemon?message-squaremessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareHow do you pronounce daemon?guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square67linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoI thought it was a reference to Maxwell’s demon. Daemons in computing, generally processes that run on servers to respond to users, are named for Maxwell’s demon.
minus-squareCallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell’s demon but also chose to change it to the “daemon” spelling to make it sound more like a “friendly garden spirit than a monster” and the pronounced it “deemon”.
I thought it was a reference to Maxwell’s demon.
Yes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell’s demon but also chose to change it to the “daemon” spelling to make it sound more like a “friendly garden spirit than a monster” and the pronounced it “deemon”.