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From: mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Max # of processes.
Message-ID: <357@forbrk.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 20:16:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: forbrk.357
Posted: Mon Jul 20 20:16:06 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 04:10:42 EDT
References: <845@zyx.UUCP> <5740011@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <1135@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: mats@forbrk.UUCP (Mats Wichmann)
Organization: Fortune Systems / SCI Technology  (Berkeley, CA)
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In article <1135@killer.UUCP> jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh) writes:

>i don't know.  most of the newer unix systems come with crash(1) and generally
>it works.  now, if crash is broken, then what you say is true ...

What does "broken" mean in this case? It works, but it certainly
isn't "portable"; it is one of the things that needs to be stepped
on (er, ported) for a new implementation. Nasty little bugger, too.

-mats