X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfork.pod;h=82ac6891dbdeeae472ad773df5f7585327505254;hb=72503137b2e9ea029110e27e896f6f1ccd8c0e8a;hp=d930e9396e87565c874374ffcf1c2763f18e2acc;hpb=cb50131aab68ac6dda048612c6e853b8cb08701e;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfork.pod b/pod/perlfork.pod index d930e93..82ac689 100644 --- a/pod/perlfork.pod +++ b/pod/perlfork.pod @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ call is available, Perl's fork() simply calls it. On some platforms such as Windows where the fork() system call is not available, Perl can be built to emulate fork() at the interpreter level. While the emulation is designed to be as compatible as possible with the -real fork() at the the level of the Perl program, there are certain +real fork() at the level of the Perl program, there are certain important differences that stem from the fact that all the pseudo child "processes" created this way live in the same real process as far as the operating system is concerned. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pseudo-processes are launched after others have been wait()-ed on. =item %ENV -Each pseudo-process maintains its own virtual enviroment. Modifications +Each pseudo-process maintains its own virtual environment. Modifications to %ENV affect the virtual environment, and are only visible within that pseudo-process, and in any processes (or pseudo-processes) launched from it.