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Psychopath Dev (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by devilish666@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Parents ~~killing~~ reaping their zombie children was a favorite one of mine.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't kill zombies; a zombie is already dead. You wait for or reap zombies. (A zombie process is just a process table entry with its exit status; it goes away once the parent process has read that exit status.)

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Haha, yup, you're right; had a brain fart.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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