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'Bash' is too violent as well. We should rename it to 'hug'.

• jimktrains2 9y ago
  `bash` is also pretty evangelical ;) On a serious note, I've never actually understood where the term "hung" comes from in computing. Why is the process "hung" and not simply "stalled" or something else.
  • dijit 9y ago
    The real reason is because most of the concepts surrounding multi-process computing come from the telephone industry. The modern interpretation is that system operators need to feel like they have a big penis.
    • jimktrains2 9y ago
      > The real reason is because most of the concepts surrounding multi-process computing come from the telephone industry. ah > The modern interpretation is that system operators need to feel like they have a big penis. I actually didn't even think of it in that regard. I regard hung as in something that is hanging (dangling) from something else.
  • jeltz 9y ago
    Hung is used like that outside computing. For example in the terms "hung jury" and "hung parliament". I have no idea how this word became common in computing though.