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by bluejekyll 3666 days ago
fork/exec is built in to bash, i.e. Unix.

Batch was restricted by DOS, I wish I had never learned it, but it did come in handy for launching games.

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In the Savings and Loan recession I had one of those jobs with unpaid overtime and an employer who was comfortable abusing it. I'd start a batch print job and go home. When I came back next morning picking up the paper off the floor was pure pleasure relative to baby-sitting the machines until midnight or more.