Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:39:35 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page) From: Enkhyl <enkhyl@hayseed.net> To: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> Cc: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing fork bombs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.00.9807270232550.7547-100000@hillbilly.hayseed.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980726135906.5143C-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>
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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Jan B. Koum wrote:
> Ohh.. and stop wasting so much space for yer C code:
> echo "main(){while(1){fork();}}">foo.c;gcc foo.c;rm foo.c;./a.out
> Much more compact, eh? :)
Compact, yes. Readable, no.
There's something to be said for self-documenting, readable code... :-)
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Christopher Nielsen
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