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Multi-Processing
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  `(require 'process)'

  This module implements asynchronous (non-polled) time-sliced
multi-processing in the SCM Scheme implementation using procedures
`alarm' and `alarm-interrupt'.  Until this is ported to another
implementation, consider it an example of writing schedulers in Scheme.

 - Procedure: add-process! proc
     Adds proc, which must be a procedure (or continuation) capable of
     accepting accepting one argument, to the `process:queue'.  The
     value returned is unspecified.  The argument to PROC should be
     ignored.  If PROC returns, the process is killed.

 - Procedure: process:schedule!
     Saves the current process on `process:queue' and runs the next
     process from `process:queue'.  The value returned is unspecified.

 - Procedure: kill-process!
     Kills the current process and runs the next process from
     `process:queue'.  If there are no more processes on
     `process:queue', `(slib:exit)' is called (Note: System).