Programmer's Reference
The following instance methods pertain to process-related blocks:
- fork
- Creates and schedules a new process to evaluate the receiver block, using
the priority of the activeProcess (Processor
activePriority).
- forkAt:
- Creates and schedules a new process to evaluate the receiver block, at the
specified priority.
- newProcess
- Creates a new process to evaluate the receiver block, using the priority
of the activeProcess, and places it in suspended state. The
new process is scheduled by sending it the resume message.
- newProcessWith:
- Creates a new process to evaluate the receiver block with the specified
arguments, using the current priority, and places it in suspended
state. The new process is scheduled by sending it the resume
message.
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