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		boring_twenties on March 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fork() is evil; vfork() is goodness; afork() would... That would be the fugliest, most unwieldy API in history. In addition to the two most basic things I mentioned, there are namespaces, control groups, setuid/setgid, and probably a billion other things I can't think of.

int_19h on March 1, 2022 [–]

Sure, just look at Win32 CreateProcessW.

But that's the price you pay for an API that doesn't have footguns.

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