# forkwar.pl by deprogramming.us
# Windows binary and cross-platform perl source available from http://deprogramming.us
# Copyright/left 2003
# v. 1.0, February 17, 2003
# Distributed under the GPL - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

# A "forkbomb" is a computer algorithm that chases its tail, repeating and multiplying itself until it
# eventually crashes the system. 
# This special graphically-enhanced forkbomb implementation illustrates a forkbomb using the easy-to-understand 
# example of U.S foreign policy! 
#
# Shouts to Alex McLean (forkbomb.pl - of which this is an adaptation.)
# See his original at http://www.slab.org/forkbomb.pl.tt2
# and the anonymous ASCII artist who created the image at http://www.textfiles.com/art/art0 - which we will also appropriate.

Warning - this program will eventually crash your system! No warranty, express or implied. It could
conceivably damage your system - or it could even do nothing!

This program is designed for Windows (binary available) but will run from source under most systems with Perl.
However the graphics - both of the program's output and of the operating system dealing with impending doom - 
might not be quite as flamboyant as they are on Windows. :-)

Windows - run the .exe file from the command prompt. You must also give a strength, which is ultimately irrelevant.
For example: forkwar 2003
MacOS X/Linux/Unix - run from the source file and remember to put your actual Perl path at the top.

forkwar@deprogramming.us
