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in thread Proposal how to make modules using fork more portable

=head1 PORTABLE PERL CODE

In portable Perl code, kill(9, $child) must not be used. The forked pr
+ocesses must terminate themselves.

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This is wrong. The problem only exists for pseudo-processes, not for other processes.

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Re^4: Proposal how to make modules using fork more portable
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 31, 2011 at 15:58 UTC

    Is this better?

    =head1 PORTABLE PERL CODE

    In portable Perl code, kill(9, $child) must not be used on forked processes. The forked processes must terminate themselves.

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