Re: [MacPerl] telnet client/server example

[robinmcf@altern.org]

>iH
>
>i am looking for a simple client/server example for MacPerl. all the
>examples i have found thus far seem to die using the 'fork' command.
 fork() is one of the commands that doesnt work in the current incarnation
of MacPerl

quoting Chris Nandor from the MacPerl archives at bumppo.net
(http://bumppo.net/search/macperl.html):


>fork() may be implemented in a near-future version of MacPerl, using the
>Microsoft-funded work being done to implement an in-process fork using
>threads and multiplicity in Perl for Win32 (which currently also does not
>have fork).  Currently, only Unix and most of its derivatives have fork().
>VMS, Win32, and Mac OS do not.  Be may support it now.  In perl 5.6, Win32
>may.  Mac OS and VMS may follow.


Note that 'near future' is a very elastic term - Chris said this back in
August 1999


HTH

Robin

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