Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

[Paul Jackson]

> int main() { while(1) { fork(); fork(); exit(); } }
> ...
> the above forkbomb will stop quickly

Yep.

Try this forkbomb:

  int main() { while(1) { if (!fork()) continue; if (!fork()) continue; exit(); } }

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