From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 28 22:26: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FBF837B416 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:26:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id fBT6PtU20392; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:25:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:25:55 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lions and tigers and... chickens? Message-ID: <20011229172555.F997@welearn.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Sue Blake , "Matthew D. Fuller" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011228202406.D9251@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011228202406.D9251@over-yonder.net>; from fullermd@over-yonder.net on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:24:06PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:24:06PM -0600, 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. And then you'd need 200 developers to argue about what colour to paint the chook shed. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message