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> NAME
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>  forkoff
>

Nice.  Great idea.
>
>    # forkoff does *NOT* spawn processes in batches, waiting for each  
> batch to
>    # complete.  rather, it keeps a certain number of processes busy  
> until all
>    # results have been gathered.  in otherwords the following will  
> ensure that 2
>    # processes are running at all times, until the list is complete.  
> note that
>    # the following will take about 2 seconds to run (2 sets of 2 @ 1  
> second).
>    #

I assume then that at most 2 processes are forked, and each keeps  
working?
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