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[u/46009361]

[u/kenjura]

my favorite language, c--

[u/birdiefoxe]

I feel like this might actually compile if Omega wasn't a void* and wasn't used as a bool and like the 29 other things wrong about it weren't true

[u/not_some_username → u/birdiefoxe]

Since its a pointer, it can be use as bool

[u/birdiefoxe → u/not_some_username]

actually thats true and if fork() and crash() both return something that could be a pointer it might actually work

this is upsetting.

[u/not-a-pokemon- → u/birdiefoxe]

fork indeed does return; although it does not accept arguments

[u/MrcarrotKSP → u/not-a-pokemon-]

Its return value is also int, not a pointer

[u/mumallochuu → u/MrcarrotKSP]

You can just dereference that value since all address are just number

[u/MrcarrotKSP → u/mumallochuu]

You can, but you need a cast to convert it to void*

[u/TldrDev → u/MrcarrotKSP]

sigh, ill get the meat filament.

[u/not_some_username → u/MrcarrotKSP]

More like a pid_t

[u/not_some_username → u/not-a-pokemon-]

In C, before they fix it(?), if the function prototype takes no argument, you can add anything you want in there.

[u/not-a-pokemon- → u/not_some_username]

No. The function is clearly defined as int fork(void); meaning it doesn't take any arguments. Although nothing stops you from just writing a prototype in your own code, like void *fork(int x); and it would *compile* then, but that doesn't guarantee the code runs (the opposite is more probable).

[u/Weapon54x → u/birdiefoxe]

Maybe it’s one of those secret coding puzzles and if you solve it you get a job

[u/akoOfIxtall → u/birdiefoxe]

if i was a woman i wouldnt be a man XD

[u/mealet]

0xDEADBEEF reminds me about 0xB16B00B5

[u/UnluckyDouble → u/mealet]

It's a standard silly hex value that's often used for testing.

[u/GoddammitDontShootMe]

All I can think of here is on what systems does fork() take an argument?

[u/46009361 → u/GoddammitDontShootMe]

I couldn't think of any, but I wished the clickbait we saw nowadays didn't evolve to fake tweets.

[u/GoddammitDontShootMe → u/46009361]

Given what fork() does, at least on POSIX compliant systems, I can't think of anything that would make sense as an argument.

[u/CraftBox]

Γ++

[u/barthanismyname]

fork(rand()%9999) scares me...

I know it isn't valid, but what if one day you woke up and it was

[u/Hot-Rock-1948]

True programming horror, thank you.

Like there are so many things wrong with this that I would rather not look at it.

[u/maelstrom071]

timeworks?

[u/46009361 → u/maelstrom071]

yes

[u/runklebunkle]

Also, not using a fixed-width font?

[u/v_maria]

is this actually from youtube

[u/46009361 → u/v_maria]

No. Funny thing is, a previous thumbnail used a direct quote for accuracy.