From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sat,  3 Jul 1999 09:53:43 +0000
From: Guan Yang guanix@softhome.net
Subject: [9fans] spawn() vs fork()
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Hi

What are the advantages of fork() vs spawn() for system()-like uses? I
couldn't find this in comp.os.research FAQ.

>>From an application programmer's point of view spawn() would be much
easier to use, except when creating two processes or threads that do
exactly the same thing.

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