rhl120 <rhl...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Hello, this commit fixes nothing. To me it is just an instance of using > the right tool for the right job.
Sorry, you are incorrect. > I could also argue that there is a > performance improvement (because the call passes less arguments) but > that is probably negligible. That is not correct. The kernel only has a wait4() system call. waitpid() and wait() are both wrappers on top of it. It is half style. The other half is that this program is intentionally written at a lower level of calls, so your proposal is not right.
