On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:19:58PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:03, Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Demons are evil, and the BSD mascot is a demon (albeit a stylised > > Below is the first definition provided by the "dict daemon" command in Debian. > > From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: > > Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil > spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.] > 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a > middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. > [1913 Webster]
I wonder if people here object to the daemon() library call. I have to say that this whole discussion is reminding me of Jesux (http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/) ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]