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submitted 1 week ago by guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to c/linux@programming.dev

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Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s just an old spelling of demon. So that.

[–] BetterDev@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Languages change over time, and we get to vote on which words we'd like changed by preferring cool ones over just "the way it has always been"

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but also sometimes people are just thick.

[–] BetterDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Can't argue there!