Easy Processes
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	This is a process control library. You can easily launch threads,
pass them data, send them kill signals and wait for their termination
with a few simple calls.


Functions
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	The library contains eigth (8)  user-accessible  functions.  They
were designed  to add no new data types or  conventions, to be easily
integrated in your programs.  They provide just enough functionnality
without bothering you with any low-level nightmare.  Here's a rundown
of their names and basic uses, their exact descriptions are contained
in the comment in the beginning of the source file.

	StartProcess
		start a process on a C function, with a name and a priority.

	KillProcess
		send a kill signal to a process.

	KillProcesses
		send a kill signal to all the processes you spawned.

	WaitProcess
		wait until the process finishes.

	WaitProcesses
		wait until all the processes you spawned are finished.

	CheckKill
		check if someone has sent you a kill signal.

	CheckAlive
		check if a process is still alive.

	FlushProcesses
		Free ressources tied to processes you spawned that are
		finished, leave the others undisturbed.


How the &^%$@ do I use them ???
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	Well, there's  three example programs provided  with  the library
and they are fully documented.

	One is a simple `file loop' program used to tie two file together
so  they can  interchange  information in  both direction at the same 
time.  You can use it to link a RAW: console to your modem (via SER:)
and thus have a simple terminal !

	The other is  a fractal-like generator  based on an article in an
old Scientific American.  While the program is generating an image on
the screen,  you can still use all the program's functions, including
starting another fractal on the same screen !

	The last one is  an example  handler  which communicate  with the
serial port.  It use  a protocol that was used to talk with a ring of
of M68HC11, controlling a robot.  The process library was used to
print debug information in parallel.

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  Pierre Baillargeon
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