CGI programs are executed by the webserver software on a
web host system somewhere far away from users clicking things
in their browsers. Nobody would want some random user out
there in www-space killing processes on their nice server
via keypresses in Netscape. :-)
Clearing up b0rk3n CGI processes (i.e. those containing
unintended infinite loops etc) is a familiar task to many
a system administrator.
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