[lizmat]

FWIW, Perl 6 does have `Proc` (to run an external process) and `Proc::Async` (to run an external process asynchronously). But `fork`, no: it was decided that `fork` was a unixism that was not supportable on OS's like Windows. And it was also decided to not make the same mistake that Perl 5 made with regards to trying to mimic `fork` on Windows, and use that idea later to try to mimic threads on non-Windows OS's.

[1bent]

Thank you! That's great to hear. I'm sorry that they chose that direction; I'd much, much rather not support Windows than not support Unix's fundamental primitive for multiprocessing (and its coordinated IPC). But I do realize that not everyone can act on such preferences. Fortunately, perl5 is still well and strong.