From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 29 17:31:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87E137B416 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02983; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:31:26 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011229182741.02ff21a0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:31:24 -0700 To: "Matthew D. Fuller" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Lions and tigers and... chickens? In-Reply-To: <20011228202406.D9251@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message