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It's just sinit translated to OCaml. Given that it all boils down to POSIX libc, I'm not sure what the advantage of OCaml is here.

EDIT: Appears to be a component of a larger "Prismriver" project, but still completely tentative.

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The name Prismriver reminds me too much of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program), and the next thing beginning with 'P' that came to mind was Palladium, the codename for Microsoft's Trusted Computing platform. Neither of those seem particularly desirable to associate your project with, although what this does have in common with them is the safety/security aspect...

Apparently they are named after characters from a game series. http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Prismriver_Sisters

So the letter P is out of bounds now?

P is the 15th letter of the alphabet, 15 is 0xf in hexadecimal, the ascii code of f is 102. 1 + 0 + 2 = 3 omg, Half-Life 3 confirmed!

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