issues with clone vs fork

[Rob Landley]

On Friday 24 March 2006 9:58 pm, Rogelio Serrano wrote:
> On 3/25/06, Rob Landley <rob at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 24 March 2006 5:24 am, Rogelio Serrano wrote:
> > > What are the issue with clone vs fork?
> >
> > fork() is implemented via a call to clone().  Clone can do 8 gazillion
> > different things depending on what flags you feed it.
> >
> > Rob
> > --
> > Never bet against the cheap plastic solution.
>
> Thats cool.
>
> I have emulated fork with private namespaces using clone.I can now do
> stuff plan9 is doing. I  can remove the superuser from the kernel now.

I'm going to get involved in a long drawn-out discussion of what's wrong with 
that statement, thanks.

Rob
-- 
Never bet against the cheap plastic solution.