[Info-vax] Looking into C-include files on VMS

[Bob Koehler]

In article <7ktlhfF3af5v3U13 at mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> 
> Exactly. It 'costs' quite a bit more. Fair enough, but it means that a 
> proper port ought to consider those issues and not just do them 'the UNIX 
> way'.

   Yes, processes on VMS are heavier, and process creation costs more.
   Which is why in porting fork() stuff from UNIX I generally prefer
   to replace multiple forks with multiple POSIX threads.  Only
   create a process if you need a new executable in it.