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From: Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: Fastest way to run two external processes
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* Ashok <apnmbx-public@yahoo.com>
| Shameless plug...
>
| Bit late to the topic, but the simplest way to parallelize multiple
| processes or threads and wait for completion is promises, if you do
| not mind an external package. Bit of a learning curve however.
--<snip-snip>--
| https://tcl-promise.magicsplat.com/

Ashok,
since coroutines are already part of TCL, any chance of getting promises
into the core?  It would seem to me as a 'natural' addition for async
features in TCL, and the package looks quite mature...

R'