why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ?

[Dan Langille]

Oliver Fromme wrote:
> KAYVEN  RIESE <kayve at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>  > you guys are meanies!  beasties even!
> 
> I'm not sure if your question is meant to be serious
> or not, but I'll try to give a serious answer anyway.
> I'm working on that file right now.  :-)
> 
> Basically the name is kept for historical reasons.
> 
> When the forth-implemented boot menu was introduced,
> the forth file displayed that menu alongside an ASCII
> picture of the BSD daemon [1] mascot which is commonly
> called "Beastie" [2].  Therefore that forth file got
> the name beastie.4th.

For those that may not notice it:

beastie sounds like BSD

-- 
Dan Langille

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