20 Mar
2018
20 Mar
'18
6:48 p.m.
On 3/19/18, A. P. Garcia <a.phillip.garcia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
The term "daemon" doesn't go down very well with some Christians.
I
know of hackers wearing clothing depicting the BSD daemon being
hassled in Texas and other places in the deep South. Replacing
"daemons" with "services" is probably a concession to the fundies. I
agree it's rather sad.
-Paul W.