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		pflanze on Aug 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: fork() can fail Note this recent discussion about bash -e, including my post that "the disappointment with set -e is that it does not work everywhere". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8054440

blueskin_ on Aug 21, 2014 [–]

It's nice to have, but I wouldn't rely on it to save me - it's no replacement for checking return codes properly.

pimlottc on Aug 21, 2014 | [–]

Certainly, but it's a good habit to get into, like ``use strict`` in Perl.

blueskin_ on Aug 22, 2014 | | [–]

"Perl and line noise are distinguishable. Properly written perl starts with 'use strict'; line noise rarely does."

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