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>On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Karl" == Karl J Runge <runge@redhook.llnl.gov> writes:
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>> Karl> NT does not have the equivalent of the Unix fork() command. This
>> Karl> is a shame because fork() is a very useful syscall. I guess the
>> Karl> NT designers figured people would always use sexier threads? Oh
>> Karl> well...
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>> NT sucks rocks.
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>Agreed. ;-)
Has anyone written an SMP OS/2 client? I don't have such a machine, or
I'd let you telnet to it, but I think the EMX runtimes will let you use
Fork(). I don't know how they implement it, but I remember that there
were some compile options that let you use fork() and others that
didn't.
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