From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 15474 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2021 01:20:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2021 01:20:52 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A44189CAA7; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:20:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B13629CA66; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:20:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 32D439CA66; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:20:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minun.buric.co (minun.buric.co [51.15.8.196]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6189CA60 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:20:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minun.buric.co (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 08A0C35C1093; Tue, 3 Aug 2021 03:20:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minun.buric.co (Postfix) with ESMTP id E140735C1086; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:20:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 21:20:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Nickolas X-X-Sender: mary@sd-119843.dedibox.fr To: Adam Thornton In-Reply-To: <44B352BC-D2A3-4AE0-B01E-2A13DB1BE816@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <202108022106.172L6I1i135429@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <44B352BC-D2A3-4AE0-B01E-2A13DB1BE816@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323329-577477612-1627953615=:20459" Subject: Re: [TUHS] fork (Re: Systematic approach to command-line interfaces X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-577477612-1627953615=:20459 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 2 Aug 2021, Adam Thornton wrote: > > >> On Aug 2, 2021, at 5:20 PM, Bakul Shah wrote: >> >> On Aug 2, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Dan Cross wrote: >>> >>> Fork has served us well for more than five decades; I've got no argument with that. However, should we never question whether it continues to be the right, or best, abstraction as the environment around it continues to evolve? >> >> An os with no fork() can be used to reimplement fork() for backward >> compatibility. You will anyway need all the things fork() used to do >> in this brave new world. > > Oh man, now I’m having flashbacks to early Cygwin and what was that, DJGPP for OS/2? > > Well, I picked a lousy week to give up sniffing glue anyway. > > Adam EMX. -uso. --8323329-577477612-1627953615=:20459--