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> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:44:25 +0000
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> 
> Though the argument is a bit weird because `make-process' can do exactly
> that. It would just require changing `call-process' to use a select loop to
> achieve the same effect.

Once you change call-process to do the same as make-process, what
would be the difference between those two?