in reply to Re^3: Fork Wait and probably grandchildren
in thread Fork Wait and probably grandchildren

Thanks. RazorbladeBidet's last post finally knocked some sense into my thick head. When I read your post originally, I didn't catch that the idiom you posted was supposed to appear outside the loop. In retrospect it is pretty obvious. Doh!

the lowliest monk

Update: Added clarification.

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