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I think the right question is: why do those processes "hang", which is in fact "don't stop" :)

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Re^4: Catching processes stuck in an apparent loop
by aquarium (Curate) on Jan 18, 2008 at 00:45 UTC
    that's exactly what i was trying to point out: first try to fix the problem at the source; rather than working on a cludge/fix before understanding the nature of the problem.
    many a program work perfectly and only start showing symptoms of a problem when usage ramps up in a production environment.
    the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H