From the time the child dies until the time the parent acknowledges the signal, the child sits in a zombie state.

子进程从终止时起就一直处于僵死状态，直到父进程确认该信号为止。

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If the child dies before the parent, a signal is sent to the parent, and then the child moves to a zombie state until the signal is acknowledged, or the parent process is killed.

如果子进程在父进程之前终止，则会向父进程发送一个信号，然后子进程转变为僵死状态，直到该信号得到确认，或父进程被终止。

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That makes it more likely that the price of state support for zombie companies will be that bondholders take write-downs along with shareholders, in order to protect taxpayers and policy holders.

这样一来，国家为支持那些僵尸公司所付出的代价就很可能是债券持有者与股东需要同时背书来保护纳税人和投保人。

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This is good if you are a nonperformer but horrible for the company, as it creates an undynamic, zombie-state working environment with horrible productivity.

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The scholar John Quiggin published "Zombie Economics" as a way to grab reader attention about the ill state of current economic theory.

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