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Root

All subprocess trees had a root. Instead of having a functional subprocess for a root we had a very tiny (72 words of CM, all shared) subprocess which could catch disastrous errors in the system subprocesses for later analysis. It also contained some code for the final destruction of the user process.

Paul McJones
1998-06-22