[mythtv-users] I hate when this happens

[Shay - MythTV]

At 04:10 PM 9/16/2003, you wrote:
> > Yes, it is possible to fork off a new process that isn't a child of the
> > main process. All children get killed, but if you split the recording
> > process off, it won't be killed. I think were just dealing with
> > semantics here (new thread versus new process). I'm not sure what the
> > correct way to say all this is, but I know that it can be done. :)
>
>yeah, my bad...   "thread" and "process" are usually synonymous in the
>hardware world (talking about cpu cycles), as they are in windows
>land..   linux pthreads are something completely different, and in linux
>land, "thread" usually seems to refer to pthread threads.

Just to further divert from the subject, "thread" and "process" are not 
always synonymous in the "windows" land..  a process can and usually does 
have multiple threads.

-Shay