There is also GNU Parallel's sem: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/sem.html

  sem --id jobs -j 2 'sleep 1; echo FIRST'
  sem --id jobs -j 2 'echo SECOND'
  sem --id jobs -j 2 'echo THIRD'
  sem --id jobs --wait

  SECOND
  THIRD
  FIRST

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