Is it better to use threads or fork in the following case

[Diez B. Roggisch]

CTO wrote:

>> In addition, the zip file format stores the directory at the end of the
>> file. So you can't process it until it's completely downloaded.
>> Concurrency doesn't help here.
> 
> Don't think that's relevant, if I'm understanding the OP correctly.
> Lets say you've downloaded the file once and you're doing whatever
> the app does with it. Now, while that's happening the half an hour
> time limit comes up. Now you want to start another download, but
> you also want to continue to work with the old version. Voila,
> concurrency.

Which brings us backs to the "20 questions"-part of my earlier post. It
could be, but it could also be that processing takes seconds. Or it takes
so long that even concurrency won't help. Who knows?

Diez