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A "Choice" (Either in Haskell, Result in Rust) wouldn't work for fork() as it can have 3 results, and you'd want the `Child` case cleanly and easily separated from `Pid`.


I think the parent meant only a sum type, not a concrete example of it such as Either of Haskell, which would surely not suffice here. In Haskell you would probably define a new sum type for this occasion, e.g.:

    data ForkResult = Failure | Parent Int | Child




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