[Python-Dev] Platforms missing both fork and popen2/3

Fredrik Lundh fredrik@pythonware.com
Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:59:19 +0200


Steve wrote:


> The "third leg" of the CGIHTTPServer run_cgi() method is only taken if the
> platform's os module contains neither fork nor popen2 nor popen3 attributes.
> My platform experience is pretty much limited to the mainstream . Which
> platforms are we looking at here besides Macintosh OS 9 and prior?

Python, before 2.0, on non-unix platforms.

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