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diff --git a/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn index 390f6b99..2748be53 100644 --- a/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/performance/fork.mdwn @@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_glibc open_issue_hurd]] -On Unix systems, `fork` is a rather simple system call. Our implementation in -[[glibc]] is / needs to be rather bulky. TODO: elaborate. - -This affects performance when new processes are continuously being spawned from -the shell, for example. - -Alternatives: use `posix_spawn`. Others? +Our [[`fork` implementation|glibc/fork]] is nontrivial. To do: hard numbers. [[Microbenchmarks]]? |