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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> > There is (or at least, was) another reason. Creating a new process
> > used to be far more expensive than creating a new thread. In modern
> > Unix kernels, however, the cost difference has become much less, so
> > this is no longer a major issue.
>
> Unix maybe, but what about Windows? Is it efficient to create
> processes under Windows?

Another reason to avoid Microsoft's operating systems as a programming
target, IMO.

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