OSError Errno 12, Cannot allocate memory

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OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

on os.fork(), e.g. in subprocess.py, popen2.py,

Usually when there is enough memory -- but possibly not enough virtual memory.

It seems this is not the only reason. I do not yet know what the other reasons can be.