> man page: > The new process (child process) is an EXACT COPY of the calling > process ... (including a copy of all memory) > > If your MUD uses 10MB RAM or Virtual Memory you will end up running > 2 MUD's on your machine after a fork and use up to 20MB. > This is a major problem of WWW servers although those beasts > are just 400KB big! > We use 24MB at boot on a machoine with 48MB of ram. Hmmm... Fork: Just say no. :P Mielikki @ SojournMUD (menzo.sojourn.com 9999)
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