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thanks, superdoc. this is 95% of the functionality. the other 5% is intelligent queuing---with 2 processors, first run 2 processes, then run the next 2 processes...
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by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 18, 2010 at 06:08 UTC
    this is 95% of the functionality. the other 5% is intelligent queuing-

    No. That code will be intelligently dispatched by the OS kernel scheduler. As coded, it will still only take 8 seconds to run even if you only have a single processor.

    It is really hard to explain how it does that if you do not understand Timeslicing & Preemptive Multitasking, but trust me, it works.

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