In Erlang we often refer to processes as children, and shutting down a child is often called kill children. What a horrible thought! In Scala the processes are referred to as actors and we kill those too. Albeit slightly better than slaughtering unknowing youngsters.
*nix is also a part of a dark conspiracy with killall and its violent sibling kill.
C, on the other hand, is a happy language. There data is set free(), which sounds like we’re letting it of to a better place. I like that.
Where did language designers get their brutal metaphors from?