>>>>> "kre" == Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> writes:


kre> And while I am here, it is amusing to see the
kre> forkexec()/spawn()/... debate taking place all over again. 
....
kre> was doing it realised quite quickly that the whole thing is beyond
kre> hope - the call would either need a hundred args to specify
kre> everything that may need specifying in some cases 
....

Just look at Windows NT for an example. CreateProcess() is one of the
uglier of the NT APIs.  (Run away! run away!)

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