ater in number than
the minimum and not executing any tasks will remain in existence
waiting for new tasks.  This will only have effect for threads in the
pool which begin waiting for new tasks after this procedure is called.
</p>
<p>This procedure is thread safe (any thread may call it).
</p>
<p>This procedure is first available in version 0.12 of this library.
</p></dd></dl>

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<dt id="index-thread_002dpool_002dstop_0021"><span class="category">Scheme Procedure: </span><span><strong>thread-