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From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: vfork() vs. Copy-On-Write
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Date: 12 Jul 90 17:52:59 GMT
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If we are going to have this ongoing discussion concerning the virtues
of vfork() vs. Copy-On-Write (COW), we need an accepted measure by which
to judge their relative merits.  COW FLOPS, anyone?


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