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From: topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot)
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Subject: Re: Terminology question: What do we call a process before/after an exec()?
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 15:58:38 EST
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>> I am not aware of any terminology (of an anthromorphic nature) to describe
>> the state of a process immediately before an exec() or after. It is not
>> really a parent-child relationship -- it is more like a sex-change operation
>> or reincarnation...
>
>Not particularly anthropomorphic, but how about "transmogrificand" before
>the exec() and "transmogrifee" after?

Not particularly pronounceable, either :-)

Cheers,
Topher Eliot
Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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