From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:15:02 +0200, Michael S wrote:   
      
   > ... using exec() in caller sounds like a bad idea. It just not how   
   > these systems work and not how people write programs on them.   
      
   I don’t think I’ve used exec() on its own without fork() much, but it   
   is quite common to do fork() without exec(). That’s another thing that   
   I suspect non-*nix systems don’t handle very well.   
      
   > I'd implement caller with spawn(). I suppose that even on POSIX it   
   > is more idiomatic.   
      
   Do you mean posix_spawn(3)?   
      
      
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