Fork() without exec() is dangerous in large programs (2016)

Re:Fork() without exec() is dangerous in large programs (2016) by elankart on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:46AM (#31741155)

Let’s also not forget to call our how APIs have to be “fork” aware. I’m surprised fork is still widely in used given all of these downsides

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Re:Fork() without exec() is dangerous in large programs (2016) by tyingq on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @11:52AM (#31741239)

I imagine it comes up fairly often for languages that don't do well with threads. No shortage of those.

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