From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-09-18T15:57:24+09:00
Subject: Re: loop a program on exit?

2007/9/18, Tim Pease <tim.pease@gmail.com>:
> On 9/17/07, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's another mechanism:
> >
> > loop do
> >    Process.waitpid( fork do
> >      # your program goes here
> >    end )
> > end
> >
>
> Windows is the fork nazi ... "No fork for you!"

$ ruby <<XXX
> 3.times do |i|
> Process.waitpid( fork { sleep 1; puts i } )
> end
> XXX
0
1
2

$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 padrklemme1 1.5.24(0.156/4/2) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686 Cygwin

Now someone will be telling me that I'm cheating again. ;-)

> But clever, nonetheless.

Thanks!

Kind regards

robert