[plt-scheme] Subprocess

From: Paul Steckler (steck at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 15 11:00:04 EDT 2002

> In the MzScheme Manual I'm able find a subprocess function that
> given a path it'll run an executable as a subprocess, but is
> there a way to fork? (creating a children process)

I don't believe there is a way to fork a child process, other than
writing an extension that calls C's fork() directly.

But I'll bet that calling fork() messes up the invariants assumed by the
MzScheme run-time.

-- Paul





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