Fork goes out the window if you're connecting to a database, need to keep any structures in memory, or can envision a need to work on Windows. This covers a hec

Fork goes out the window if you're connecting to a database, need to keep any structures in memory, or can envision a need to work on Windows. This covers a heck of a lot of situations. And fork is still kind of expensive. Say a CGI just prints out a few K; the forking time will be relatively substantial. If you can afford it, who cares, but it is an issue.