start-scheduler

$Revision: 5.0.2.3 $

Function

Package: MULTIPROCESSING

Arguments: nil

Multiprocessing is not automatically started in the default Allegro CL environment.

On :os-threads implementations (only Windows in 5.0), this function will start multiprocessing, which is also started automatically the first time a process is started by mp:process-reset, directly or indirectly (as by mp:process-run-function). Note that scheduling in :os-threads implementations is done by the operating system so there is no scheduler process.

On non :os-threads implementations, there is a scheduler process and this function starts it. The sceduler is also started by calls to mp:process-reset and mp:process-run-function.

See multiprocessing.htm for general information on the multiprocessing facility in Allegro CL.

The general documentation description is in introduction.htm. The index is in index.htm.