Mr. Scott-
unfortunately that gives a slight issue with binary increase rather than a
number (most) humans would work out in their mind.
Mr. Raven-
maybe i should hold off on sending this... I got an idea to use & and see
what that does with system from that. however...
on windows that previous code creates a bunch of boxes so you know how
many children are running. it also creates load - 1 children, an easy to
determine number.
using this test script:
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#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $many = @ARGV[0];
my $done=0;
print "test: many is $many\n\n";
while($done < $many){
# exec "$0 0"; # kills this to create a new one
# system "$0 0"; # creates new one with return to this one, not terminal?
# `$0 0`; # creates new one and waits on return to this one?
# fork; # creates binary progression (0->1; ... 10 -> 1024; ... 20
->1048576 ...)
$done++;
}
print "hello world\n";
__END__
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i found fork makes numbers that most can get some of fast, but even i cant
really do past 20 with ease in my head (yes i know i'm a mathematical
freak. try asking me things i know how to apply to reality in my sleep.
based on a joke, my sister when we were younger, did once, sadly i spit
out the answer practically as soon as the question is finished with an
accuracy that.. well i got all the questions right that she asked....and
after college, i'd only call myself mediocre (sp?) at math.) so i'm trying
to look for something that will create one child with each pass. i dont
mind them being background, just as long as a human that doesnt know
better can look and know immediately they are running.
-josh
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