[plt-scheme] No fork(), is there (current-mzscheme-executable)?

"David T. Pierson" <dtp at mindstory.com> writes:

> Is there a reason a "true" fork can't be implemented?

It could, but it's quite difficult to get right.  (The user-level
thread system conflicts with it.)  For a "true fork," check out scsh.
If you want to know details about why it's hard, check out:

@InProceedings{GasbichlerSperber2002,
  author = 	 {Martin Gasbichler and Michael Sperber},
  title = 	 {Processes vs. User-Level Threads in {Scsh}},
  crossref =	 {Scheme2002}
}

Available from:

http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/sperber/papers

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