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1. lordnacho · 1789717416 · focus · HN ↗

   I always wondered, is it French? "Je m'alloc du memory"

   1. sam_lowry_ · 1789718267 · focus · HN ↗

      Rather a tradition to call a malloc by the initials of the implementer: Jason Evans malloc (jemalloc), Poul-Henning Kamp malloc (phkmalloc), Doug Lea (dlmalloc).

      P.S. I also wondered whether systemd had any cultural reference to Système D aka Système Débrouillard, but Pottering does not seem to engage in word play on other occasions, so probably not.

      1. tefkah · 1789720226 · focus · HN ↗

         damn i always thought it was a french thing, this is blowing my mind

         1. eliaspro · 1789722061 · focus · HN ↗

            "Yes, it is written systemd, not system D or System D, or even SystemD. And it isn't system d either. Why? Because it's a system daemon, and under Unix/Linux those are in lower case, and get suffixed with a lower case d."

            Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brand.systemd.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brand.systemd.io&#x2F;

            1. NewJazz · 1789763852 · focus · HN ↗

               I love how autocorrect thinks I mean to type systems, not systemd. I mean they are one key away on qwerty and systemd is definitely not a word.
         2. fizzbuzzbarbazz · 1789737975 · focus · HN ↗

            you were right, check siblings of your comment.

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