JanC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/14/05, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Until Microsoft adds kernel support for fork, don't expect standard > > Windows Python to support it. > > AFAIK the NT kernel has support for fork, but the Win32 subsystem > doesn't support it (you can only use it with the POSIX subsystem).
Good to know. But if I remember subsystem semantics properly, you can use a single subsystem at any time, so if one wanted to use fork from the POSIX subsystem, one would necessarily have to massage the rest of Python into NT's POSIX subsystem, which could be a problem because NT/2K's posix subsystem doesn't support network interfaces, memory mapped files, ... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y23kc048 Based on this page: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html ...it does seem possible to borrow cygwin's implementation of fork for use on win32, but I would guess that most people would be disappointed with its performance in comparison to unix fork. - Josiah _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com