AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.12720.1407394838.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:

> os.fork()
> Fork a child process.
> ...
> Availability: Unix.
> """
> 
> You are using the wrong operating system ;)

To be honest, this could be considered a buglet in the os module.  It 
really should raise:

NotImplementedError("fork() is only available on unix")

or perhaps even, as Peter suggests:

NotImplementedError("You are using the wrong operating system")

either of those would be better than AttributeError.