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		pmorici on Nov 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Not to Write a Signal Handler Is there a reason they are using sleep(1) instead of pause()? Seems like a waste to use sleep if all you are doing is waiting for a signal.

spoiler on Nov 28, 2014 [–]

Well, you can's make a funky comment about `pause` being essential, and `sleep` is essential.

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