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

[KAYVEN RIESE]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Oliver Fromme wrote:

> KAYVEN  RIESE <kayve at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > you guys are meanies!  beasties even!
>
> 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.
>
> Later the default changed to display "FreeBSD" in big
> letters instead of the BSD daemon.  But Beastie is
> still there and can be enabled with an option.  You
> can look at the beastie.4th file with a text editor.
>

i've know about daemons for years and years, and i've
known about that "beastie devil" who doesn't go over
so well in texas.  i don't why i acted like such a stupe
and freeked out over such a file name.

thx {:}

> Best regards
>   Oliver
>
> [1]  http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html
> [2]  http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/index.html
>
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