On 8/23/06, Rutherdale, Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Again, I recommend simply using fork(), in a loop.
a rabbit doesn't need a loop... $start_time = time + 10; ... # one process fork; # two here fork; # four here fork; # eight here fork; # 16 fork; # 32 fork; # 64 fork; # 128 here fork; # 256 here, load on something is high :) # fork; # 512 , etc # and whatever happens here will happen 256 times, in parallel, # or at least as parallel as your OS can give you select(undef,undef,undef,0.003) while(time < $start_time); # wait for trigger ... # connect and crash server -- David L Nicol Dickenson on the flag http://cronos.advenge.com/pc/EmilyDickenson/SecondBook/p39.html