> I would like to know why,
> [shell]$ :(){ echo "in background"& }
> works?
> [shell]$ :(){ echo "in background" } -- NOTE: no ampersand( & ) here!
> does not work?
Interesting fork-bomb - probably the shortest possible.
The ":" could have been any char usable as a variable like say "_" but
: looks neat because it is thin and is not an alphabet :)
If you do
[shell]$ :(){ echo "in background"; };
it will work. I think "&" takes out the need for the ";" as end of line
Cheers
Anoop
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