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submitted 1 day 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 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] BetterDev@programming.dev 1 points 17 hours 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 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but also sometimes people are just thick.

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

Can't argue there!