My thoughts:
Defunct processes do not use up RAM or CPU but they do take up a spot in the process table. There are only so many slots in this table and if they are all used up by 'zombie' processes, then this could cause the ignoring of new processes. This could be a real problem.
Am I close to right?
I still have no idea if all the defunct processes on my box are 'normal' or caused by a coding bug or some other mistake...
