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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Approach to create/use containers in C
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Doug Weiman <no@nyet.net> writes:
> What can containers do that processes cannot do, anyway? 

Containers and processes are entirely different things.  (Perhaps
you're thinking of a different kind of "container"?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_(abstract_data_type)

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