Does a zombie have a "valid pid"

[brnstnd at stealth.acf.nyu.edu]

In article <13004 at smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> In article <1990May25.181610.2342 at athena.mit.edu> jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
> > In article <14276:May2508:53:0790 at stealth.acf.nyu.edu>,
> > brnstnd at stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:
> > |> ... They'll be delivered, but they won't work.
> > It's a matter of semantics; I stand by what I said, because I meant
> > the same thing you did.
> I'm surprised you didn't point out that he also got it wrong.
> The signals are successfully posted but not never delivered.

It's a matter of semantics; I stand by what I said, because I meant the
same thing you did. :-) Actually, to match the terminology in the man
pages (rather than anyone's particlar kernel), the signals are *sent*
but never delivered.

---Dan