News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing? (2011). Parent comment

Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by themodelplumber on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:39AM (#31072167)
> (1) it's merely an alternative spelling of "demon"

Combine this with the BSD Daemon illustration [0] and you've got my personal idea of where daemon came from.

Which was shattered just last week when I attended a conference presentation by a jungian analyst who definitely did not use daemon in the sense of demon.

That was a weird and frustrating moment.

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by imglorp on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:34PM (#31072981)
Apocryphal encounter when Texas rednecks [sic] learned about the BSD mascot:

https://unixsage.com/humor/daemonsintexas

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by mistersquid on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:31PM (#31074612)
> Native: And what kind of football team has the devil as a mascot?

> Me: Oh, it’s not a team. It’s an operating – uh, a kind of computer.

Branagan could have short-circuited all of this if she had only known (remembered?) Arizona. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_the_Sun_Devil

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What is the origin of “daemon” with regards to computing?... by jerry1979 on Monday April 18, 2022 @12:06PM (#31072573)
How did the jungian analyst use daemon?
[ Parent | on HN ]