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How long has fork() existed? Is it less than 10 year? Is it much much more?

> just google for "fork deadlock"

I did, results were completely unrelated to what you're talking about.

Anyway libraries spawning hidden threads… I bet they don't even bother to use reentrant functions? I mean… ok they are written by clueless developers. There's lots and lots of them, they exist on windows too. What's your point?

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