Orchid XP v2 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> As far as I know, kill merely *defaults* to sending SIG_KILL...

  No, it defaults to sending SIGTERM.

  SIGKILL should basically never be used because it's "too strong", only
when no other options work.

  (OTOH there exist situations where even SIGKILL won't kill a process,
but that's another story.)

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                                                          - Warp

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