
. helps debugging output; you can see the difference between parent and child easily (it's sometimes confusing to see an expected endpoint number with an unexpected name, i.e. before exec()) . when processes crash after fork and before exec, it's an instant hint that that's what's going on, instead of it being the parent (endpoint numbers don't usually convey this) . name returns to 'normal' after exec(), so *F isn't visible normally at all. (Except for for RS which forks apparently.)
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