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On 17/08/2024 11:01, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:02:20 -0000 (UTC)
> kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) gabbled:
>> So it is indeed a vague question of what belongs in given programming
>> languages.
> 
> Indeed. And this gives rise to inconsistency. Why is threading now considered
> a core part of C++ but multi process isn't? Perhaps because Windows is hopeless
> at the latter in user space but it could just be personal preference within the
> C++ steering committee, who knows.
> 

No, it is because of what the term "program" usually means, along with 
the terms "process" and "thread" (at the OS level).  With C++, you write 
"programs", and each process is a running program.  Like most languages, 
C++ does not cover what happens outside the program - that's part of the 
OS specification, or specifications for other programs or other parts of 
the complete system.  But threads are /within/ the program, and thus 
covered (to at least some extent) by the language used to write the program.

It has nothing to do with OS's and their strengths or weaknesses (real 
or perceived).