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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100
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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
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+
+[[!tag open_issue_glibc open_issue_hurd]]
+
+Our [[`fork` implementation|glibc/fork]] is nontrivial.
+
+To do: hard numbers.
+[[Microbenchmarks]]?
+
+
+# Windows / Cygwin
+
+ * <http://www.google.com/search?q=cygwin+fork>
+
+ * <http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/cygnus/cygnus_cygwin/architecture.html>
+
+ In particular, *5.6. Process Creation*.
+
+ * <http://archive.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=360290>
+
+ * <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/how-cygheap-works.txt?cvsroot=src>
+
+ > Cygwin has recently adopted something called the "cygwin heap". This is
+ > an internal heap that is inherited by forked/execed children. It
+ > consists of process specific information that should be inherited. So
+ > things like the file descriptor table, the current working directory, and
+ > the chroot value live there.
+
+ * <http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=588994>