[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions
From: maarten:koopmans:surfnet:nl at: 10-Jun-2002 10:04
REBOL has low-level socket programming via ports and set-modes
--Maarten
[riusa--email--it] wrote:
> Thank you (sigh!).
>
> When a Rebol version will include a multiprocessing/multithreading
> feature?! It is a very important feature in a programming language! True
> multitasking! Python already does! Java already does! And... how about
> low level socket programming? Is Rebol an Internet programming language
> or not?!
>
> Bye!
> Thank you for your answers!
>
> -Alessandro-
>
> >
>
>>--- Gregg Irwin <[greggirwin--mindspring--com]> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Allesandro,
>>>
>>><<
>>>I was very interested to the function "launch" (I
>>>didn't know it).
>>>
>>>But I didn't find enought documentation about it.
>>>Can someone tell me more about launch refiniments?
>>>(this function could
>>>be used to simulate a multiprocessing system!).
>>>
>>>Launch is fairly limited in practice because you
>>>can't use it from within your scripts, only at the
>>>console. It's handy, yes, but not for deployment
>>>purposes. For that you need to have View/Pro or
>>>/Command and use CALL or a native OS function.
>>>
>>I thought 'launch could be used by a script if it was
>>called directly from the REBOL command line, but was
>>not usable (or predictable, maybe) in scripts
>>themselves launched by other scripts, from the console
>>prompt, or from view icons.
>>
>>
>>
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