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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: fork(2) pessimized
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fork(2) of a tiny statically linked program now takes 9.6 msec on a
Celeron450.  Previously it took 0.5 msec.  vfork(2) is now insignificantly
faster than fork(2).  Previously it was sever    imes faster.

Bruce


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