default, binary, low-level mode; see PerlIOBuf_open(). */
PerlLIO_setmode((*mode == 'r'), O_BINARY);
#endif
-#ifdef THREADS_HAVE_PIDS
- PL_ppid = (IV)getppid();
-#endif
PL_forkprocess = 0;
#ifdef PERL_USES_PL_PIDSTATUS
hv_clear(PL_pidstatus); /* we have no children */