Vassil Nikolov<p>> The prize is running out of PIDs</p><p>On a tangent, a job interview question for a systems programmer.</p><p>For a trivial fork bomb¹, explain what will happen _and_ estimate how long it will take (on hardware of your choice).</p><p>¹ For example,<br>#!/bin/sh<br>$0 & $0 &</p><p>For extra credit, explain what difference, if any, it will make if that is replaced by an equivalent program written in Common Lisp, Java, or Python.</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a><br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/SystemsProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemsProgramming</span></a><br><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@tfb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tfb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hairylarry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>screwlisp</span></a></span></p>