Consider the following program snippet. Assume that the program compiles and runs successfully. Further, assume that the fork( ) system call is always successful in creating a process. int main( ) { int i; for (i = 0; i < 3; i++){ if (fork() == 0){ continue; } break; } printf("Hello!"); return 0; } ``` The total number of times that the printf statement gets executed is $\_\_\_\_$ . (answer in integer)

GATE 2026 CSE & IT PYQ — Operating Systems

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Operating Systems · Process Management

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