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A Python fork bomb was my first major achievement in college. Four lines of code took out a server. I'd like to claim it was a great achievement in hacking but
by whermans 7y ago
A Python fork bomb was my first major achievement in college. Four lines of code took out a server. I'd like to claim it was a great achievement in hacking but nope, just trying to grok concurrency and failing hard.
- FrameworkFred 7y agoI did this exact thing with Perl, 1993...I'd just switched majors from English to CS. Very much expected an invitation to switch back.