On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 02:28:56PM -0500, polifemo wrote: > Studying the implementation of 'later, I'm curious as to why the pipe is > run inside a 'task. I've tested it and it works just fine without the task. > > My guess is that it allows for parallel processes. Programs inside *Run are > run independently of the sequence of the main program. If it was run > without 'task, the child would have to return a value before the parent > could continue execution. This would defeat the purpose of using 'later to > spawn child processes that can run in parallel, reducing total wait time.
Yes, well explained! ☺/ A!ex -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
