From: Benoit Cerrina <benoit.cerrina@...>
Date: 2002-03-20T17:02:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Development of Windows version of Ruby

>
> Hmmmm,
>
> The question that comes to mind is "how important is the lack of a True
Fork"?
> I've found that most of the work I have done doesn't really need forks,
and
> perhaps that is my own limited design skills coming out.
>
> It would seem like this is a "show-stopper" but I don't really understand
> what the show is about...
>
>
>
>
> -mark.
>
>
I think it wouldn't be that important if there weren't so many scripts
depending on it.
Also win32 is relying on threads more where unix relies on forks.
Benoit