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    The premise of the question is wrong. SIGKILL is just a tool. It is recommended in some situations and not recommended in other situations (as are all other tools). Commented May 6, 2016 at 10:33
  • @kubanczyk sure, but it's an oft-misapplied tool, and used without understanding it's purpose. I've seen many threads where A says "Just kill -9 it", OP says "great, that worked! I'll remember that from now on!", and B comes in to warn "wait kill -9 is dangerous!" only after the fact. Commented Jun 12, 2017 at 17:44