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Creating Threads
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   The `make-thread' function may be used to create threads that
execute within the current thread context (dynamic root). Each thread
is represented by a lisp object.

 - Function: threadp arg
     Return true if lisp object ARG represents a thread of execution in
     the lisp environment.

 - Function: make-thread thunk #!optional name
     Create and return a new thread of execution; it will initially
     invoke the zero-parameter function THUNK. If the call to THUNK
     returns the thread is automatically deleted.

     If NAME is defined, it is a string naming the current thread.

 - Function: make-suspended-thread #!optional name
     Similar to `make-thread', except that the newly created thread
     will be immediately suspended from running.

 - Function: current-thread
     Returns the currently executing thread. If no threads have been
     created yet in the current dynamic root (i.e. there is a single
     "implicit" thread) then false is returned.

 - Function: all-threads
     Returns a newly-created list containing all threads in the current
     dynamic root. If no threads have been created yet, returns a null
     list.