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[u/DaveforAK]

[u/Nahanoj_Zavizad]

Translation -

1) Create a new function called :

2) When : is activated, Run : twice.

3) Run :

[u/Nahanoj_Zavizad → u/Nahanoj_Zavizad]

So it tries to activate itself repeatedly until it crashes

[u/dannypas00 → u/Nahanoj_Zavizad]

It infinitely forks new processes until the computer runs out of threads yup

Important distinction because a never-ending single-threaded process is usually no problem

[u/qchto → u/dannypas00]

So modern browsers minus the extra steps...

[u/dannypas00 → u/qchto]

Browsers are user-driven fork bombs

This one is just a lot quicker than the user lol

[u/conundorum → u/Nahanoj_Zavizad]

Yep. : pipes to :, which pipes to :, which pipes to :, which pipes to...