14 Nov
2017
14 Nov
'17
7:03 p.m.
I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that this just occurred to me. Is the
reason that SIGKILL has the numeric value 9 because cats are reported to
have nine lives? Clearly the connection between 'cat' and 'kill -9'
would
make for a irreverent but harmless inside joke if so....
- Dan C.
14 Nov
14 Nov
8:07 p.m.
Hi Dan,
Is the reason that SIGKILL has the numeric value 9
If you look at signals 1 to 8 they could all be caught, etc.
9 was added so to thwart this and just took the next number AFAIK.
Doesn't 9 have tie-ins to "death" in Japan? ISTR some marketing
avoiding it in version numbers.
--
Cheers, Ralph.
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8:11 p.m.
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Dan,
I think 9 has ties to "pain", but the number that has connection to
"death" in Japanese is 4 (四 shi, "four", which sounds like 死 shi,
"death").
-嘘.
Is the reason that SIGKILL has the numeric value
9
If you look at signals 1 to 8 they could all be caught, etc.
9 was added so to thwart this and just took the next number AFAIK.
Doesn't 9 have tie-ins to "death" in Japan? ISTR some marketing
avoiding it in version numbers.
10:35 p.m.
Doesn't 9
have tie-ins to "death" in Japan? ISTR some marketing
avoiding it in version numbers.
I think 9 has ties to "pain", but the number that has connection to
"death" in Japanese is 4 (四 shi, "four", which sounds like 死 shi,
"death"). 
10:51 p.m.
Don Hopkins <don(a)DonHopkins.com> wrote:
|> I think 9 has ties to "pain", but the number that has connection \
|> to "death" in Japanese is 4 (四 shi, "four", which sounds like 死
\
|> shi, "death").
|>
|> -嘘.
|
|9 means “no” in German.
I wonder whether Plan9 used to be translated as plan-no, then.
Nine while nine (...waiting for the train).
--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
11:01 p.m.
I don’t agree the train was later,
"The one after nine oh nine” :-)
-Steve
On 15 Nov 2017, at 22:51, Steffen Nurpmeso
<steffen(a)sdaoden.eu> wrote:
Don Hopkins <don(a)DonHopkins.com> wrote:
|> I think 9 has ties to "pain", but the number that has connection \
|> to "death" in Japanese is 4 (四 shi, "four", which sounds like 死
\
|> shi, "death").
|>
|> -嘘.
|
|9 means “no” in German.
I wonder whether Plan9 used to be translated as plan-no, then.
Nine while nine (...waiting for the train).
--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
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