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Something I never understood about this: is the pipe necessary, or just to have another symbol contributing to the mayhem? :(){:&;:};: This is the same nu
by jez 8mo ago
Something I never understood about this: is the pipe necessary, or just to have another symbol contributing to the mayhem?
:(){:&;:};:
This is the same number of characters but doesn’t use a pipe, and I was never able to figure out why it seems so universally to use a pipe.
- jcims 8mo agoOne way to find out!
- Ferret7446 8mo agoHaving a pipe will also eat up your system's file table, so it's potentially more efficient.