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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:27:36 -0400
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In article <15cf029d-e8bc-47de-8b83-44e70247d381@googlegroups.com>,
 Peter Cheung <cmk128@gmail.com> wrote:

> [Does] fork run faster then thread in Java?

It appears to depend on the granularity. This article cites Doug Lea's 
paper on the subject:

<http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/using-jdk-7s-forkjoin-framework/231000556>

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