[jimktrains2]

`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.

[jeltz]

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.

[dijit]

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]

> 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.