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# Forkbomb
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# DO NOT RUN UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR COMPUTER TO CRASH
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# This defines a function named ':' that calls itself, pipes its output back to
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# itself, and runs that in the background. the ';:' at the end terminates the
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# function definition and then calls the function to begin the chain reaction.
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# A very nasty trick, indeed.
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:(){ :|: & };:
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# A more-readable version of the fork bomb could be written as:
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FORK(){ true | true & }; FORK
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