peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (01/17/90)
Fork() is an elegant concept, but as has been seen it leads to problems implementing UNIX on a system without an MMU, or implementing a UNIX lookalike on top of a non-UNIX O/S. It's possible, but expensive. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a sanctioned P1003 subset that replaced fork() with a combined fork()/exec() call (spawn?). Or just an addition of spawn to the standard as an alternative process creation mechanism: This would radically improve the performance of non-UNIX POSIX systems, without compromising the capability of the standard... -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net>. / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'