Why does execl require me to hit "Enter" after the process starts?

Question

In bash, when I type lsand press enter, the binary is launched ls, and I will return to the shell prompt again without any action on my part.

However, this program, written in C, blocks:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
    pid_t other = fork();
    // other will be 0 for the child process
    // other will be the childs process' value in the parent process.

    switch(other) {
        case 0:
            printf("%s %i\n", "I am the child process!", other);
            execl("/bin/ls","ls",NULL);         
            return 0;
        default:
            printf("%s %i\n", "I am the parent process!", other);
            return 1;
    }

}

Why?

The output is as follows:

Korays-MacBook-Pro:~ koraytugay$ ./a.out 
I am the parent process! 40309
I am the child process! 0
Korays-MacBook-Pro:~ koraytugay$ AndroidStudioProjects  Movies          happyko         koray.i
Applications        Music           hello.c         koray.o
ClionProjects       Pictures        hello.sh        koray.s
Code            Public          innbound        mssql
Desktop         TheElementsFiles    innbound-pf     nono.txt
Documents       VirtualBox VMs      innbound_usage.log  svn-key
Downloads       a.out           k.txt           tugay.c
IdeaProjects        asm.asm         klinnck         webtoolkit
Koray.class     asm.hack        klinnck-pf
Koray.java      cexamples       koray.a
Library         fifa.sql        koray.c

At this point, I need to click Enterto return to the bash prompt. Why?

Answer 1

At this point, I need to click ENTERto return to the bash prompt.

Actually, you have already returned to the prompt; you simply did not realize this.

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Korays-MacBook-Pro:~ koraytugay$ ./a.out 
I am the parent process! 40309
I am the child process! 0
****Korays-MacBook-Pro:~ koraytugay$***** AndroidStudioProjects  Movies          happyko         koray.i
Applications        Music           hello.c         koray.o
ClionProjects       Pictures        hello.sh        koray.s
Code            Public          innbound        mssql
Desktop         TheElementsFiles    innbound-p

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Answer 2

Enter, bash.

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