> Is what you're describing only true of the "Framework" Python build on MacOS? No. This behavior is present on any Python 3.8 or greater running on MacOS, enf

> Is what you're describing only true of the "Framework" Python build on MacOS? No. This behavior is present on any Python 3.8 or greater running on MacOS, enforced via "platform == darwin" runtime check: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13626/files#diff-68368c7bc63449f34e9b6e6f13715852f23061c0bf6497b1a9691c0860943f49R313 https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/13626/files#diff-6836... You can check the default process-start method of your Python's multiprocessing by running this command: "python -c 'import multiprocessing; print(multiprocessing.get_start_method())'"