title: What's the equivalence of os.fork() on Windows with Python?
body: <p>This code works well in Mac/Linux, but not in Windows.</p>
  
  <pre>
  import mmap
  import os
  
  map = mmap.mmap(-1, 13)
  map.write("Hello world!")
  
  pid = os.fork()
  
  if pid == 0: # In a child process
      print 'child'
      map.seek(0)
      print map.readline()
  
      map.close()
  else:
      print 'parent'
  </pre>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What's the equivalent function of os.fork() on Windows?</li>
  </ul>