[Python-ideas] An error in multiprocessing on MacOSX?

[Mike Meyer]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Mike Meyer <mwm at mired.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:
>> Mac's make nice Unix desktops (if you like their GUI), and it's not
>> uncommon to find people writing & testing software on Mac's for
>> deployment to POSIX servers. Such people using the multiprocessing
>> module need it to provide proper POSIX behavior.
>
> Those people are delusional, they need to test their software on the OS it
> is destined to run on. Not on their terminal.

Are you saying that it's delusional to try and write portable code
that runs on POSIX-compliant platforms in Python?

Of course, any such attempt always has to be tested against the
platforms it's supposed to run on - after all, they may fail to
implement the standard correctly. But those are generally considered
to be bugs in the platform in question that need to be worked around,
*not* bugs in software. Since Apple is one of the few vendors
releasing products with a Unix certification, their products are prime
candidates as development platforms for anyone working on Unix
software.

	<mike