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Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:31:24 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lions and tigers and...   chickens?
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20011229182741.02ff21a0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20011228202406.D9251@over-yonder.net>

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At 07:24 PM 12/28/2001, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:


  
>So, I was sitting at the local deli having dinner this evening.  And,
>being alone, there was nothing to do but think.
>
>Suddenly, I was struck by a thought.  How _DOES_ a vfork(2) chicken cross
>the road?
>
>Well, the beauty of it is, he doesn't have to; you just pretend he's on
>the other side.  It's a lot quicker and easier, but if you want him to
>flap his wings, you have to build a new chicken from the ground up.

Actually, it might be more accurate to say that an egg appears on the 
other side of the road and you then have to hatch it.

--Brett

"When you come to the fork in the road, take it." -- Yogi Berra


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