I'm not entirely sure, but it was probably for one of three reasons:
1. Because it was fun.
2. Because it will make people happy.
3. By accident.
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Kevin Lentin wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 02:43:18AM -0400, Illuminatus Primus wrote:
> > > What is the sys_reboot() magic constant used for?
> >
> > I believe it is a safety mechanism to prevent the system call from being
> > triggered incorrectly. There are 4 magics, the first is 0xfee1dead and the
> > other 3 are 'special'. You need to quote the first and one of the other 3
> > to get it to happen. The 'special' ones have a cunning little meaning that
> > required a new one to be added due to recent events.
> >
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