On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 04:44:32PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> On 5/9/06, Matthew Winn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:02:24PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> >> Well, there's always the following algorithm to consider:
> >>
> >> if (bram_is_unreasonable) {
> >> int new_child = fork();
> >> if (new_child) {
> >> // Let Bram continue in his thought-process
> >> return;
> >> }
> >>
> >> // Ah, this is now our little baby
> >> :
> >> :
> >> }
> >
> >And if fork() returns -1?
>
> It's obvious, isn't it?
Yes. The poor little baby never gets conceived. You should at least
issue a warning, or possibly loop until conception occurs.
P.S. Don't try this with vfork().
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Matthew Winn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
