Process API

CSC 213 - Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Today's reading says fork "is certainly the strangest routine you will ever call" (AD 5, p. 1). In a paragraph of no more than 5 sentences, and in your own words, explain what the authors mean and whether you agree or disagree.
  2. Select the sentence from today's reading you believe makes the best distinction between fork and exec. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.
  3. Today's reading asserts: "In general, the more information about what is going on, the better" (AD 5, p. 8). Select one sentence from any of the texts we have read so far in the course that you believe complicates or contradicts it. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice and what we should take away from it.1

Footnotes:

1Once you have finished this question, you might re-read footnote 2 in AD 5 (p. 4).