Re: i don't understand what this word mean.

ilovecpp@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> and I can't understand what "The children may in turn spawn off child
> processes of their own" means. I don't know "spawn off"'s meaning and I
> can't find my dictionary.

You can use the one on your computer (or on the web!).

spawn

<operating system> To create a {child process} in a
{multitasking} {operating system}. E.g. {Unix}'s {fork}
{system call} or one of the spawn() library routines provided
by most {MS-DOS}, {Novell NetWare} and {OS/2} {C} compilers -
spawnl(), spawnle(), etc.

(1995-03-28)


> what does mean, "spawn off".

You probably should be able to solve for x in a sentence in which you
know everything except x! I would expect that I can sustain about 30%
unknowns easily in a foreign language (a native speaker can understand
in the preence of noise masking 95% of content).

From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:

spawn
n : the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: {engender}, {breed}]
2: emit spawn, of fish; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"



Peter
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