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> Having multiple processes under one user in an operating system is more akin to having multiple threads in one process than you think.

Not than I think. I'm well aware of how "tasks" work in Linux specifically, and am pretty comfortable working directly with clone.

Your explanation is great, but I intentionally went out of my way to not explain it and instead give a simple analogy. The entire point was that it's difficult to summarize.