Unixism: N. A Piece Of Code Or A Coding Technique That Depends On The Protected Multi-tasking Environment With Relatively Low Process-spawn Overhead That Exists On Virtual-memory UNIX Systems.

Unixism: N. A Piece Of Code Or A Coding Technique That Depends On The Protected Multi-tasking Environment With Relatively Low Process-spawn Overhead That Exists On Virtual-memory UNIX Systems.

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:unixism: n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on
the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low
process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems.
Common {unixism}s include: gratuitous use of `fork(2)'; the
assumption that certain undocumented but well-known features of
UNIX libraries such as `stdio(3)' are supported elsewhere;
reliance on {obscure} side-effects of system calls (use of
`sleep(2)' with a 0 argument to clue the scheduler that you're
willing to give up your time-slice, for example); the assumption
that freshly allocated memory is zeroed; and the assumption that
fragmentation problems won't arise from never `free()'ing
memory. Compare {vaxocentrism}; see also {New Jersey}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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unixism: n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems.
Common {unixism}s include: gratuitous use of `fork(2)'...
vaxocentrism /vak`soh-sen'trizm/ n. [analogy with `ethnocentrism'] A notional disease said to afflict C programmers who persist in coding according to certain assumptions that are valid (esp.
under Unix) on VAXen but false elsewhere. Among these are...
PC-ism: /P-C-izm/ n. A piece of code or coding technique that takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in IBM PCs and the like, e.
g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register, direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing loops....
PC-ism /P-C-izm/ n. A piece of code or coding technique that takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in IBM PCs and the like running DOS, e.
g., by busy-waiting on a hardware register, direct diddling of screen memory, or using hard timing loops....
fork bomb: [UNIX] n. A particular species of {wabbit} that can be written in one line of C (`main() {for(
)fork();}') or shell (`$0 & $0 &') on any UNIX system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
vaxism: /vak'sizm/ n. A piece of code that exhibits {vaxocentrism} in critical areas.
Compare {PC-ism}, {unixism}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
handle: n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym
a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's true identity....
arena: [UNIX] n. The area of memory attached to a process by `brk(2)' and `sbrk(2)' and used by `malloc(3)' as dynamic storage.
So named from a `malloc: corrupt arena' message emitted when some early versions detected an impossible value in the free block list....
handle n. 1. [from CB slang] An electronic pseudonym
a `nom de guerre' intended to conceal the user's true identity....