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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:51:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:58:31 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> Windows inter-process API are far more advanced than what UNIX ever had.
> It would be enough to mention famous file locks.

Except those file locks are more of a liability than an asset. They are 
what prevent you from continuing to use a Windows system while it is being 
updated, for example.

> The reason why processes are not included is that they are used to deal
> with some OS or design flaw that forces you to spawn some script or
> application.

Or because the *nix tradition of being able to spawn a pipeline of 
multiple processes, all cooperating to perform a common task, is difficult 
and expensive, or even unreliable, under Windows.