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I think names are important, but I don't tend to comment on them. It's more like something good you can add if you find a good one. But Inferno literally mean
by logicallee 12y ago
I think names are important, but I don't tend to comment on them. It's more like something good you can add if you find a good one.
But Inferno literally means Hell. (or "a large fire that is dangerously out of control.")
I think it's a bit off-putting, like "OS from Hell."
- EdwardCoffin 12y agoThe name is in accord with the "Bell Labs tradition of selecting names that make marketeers wince." [1] [1] http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/lfaq/#GENERAL_INFORMATION http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/lfaq/#GENERAL_INFO...
- hmsimha 12y agoThe entire concept was based off of Dante's Divine Comedy. Limbo (programming language), Styx (communications protocol), Dis (the virtual machine).. I'm pretty sure there were more.