How about threading? How hard is it? Where can I find a good tutorial?

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Peter Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:24:15 -0400, Someone Something wrote:
>
> > Firstly, I have posted this in perlmonks. No one has replied to me so, I
> > have posted here.
> > I'm writing a module for IRC just for learning about sockets and perl in
> > general. I have 200 lines of working code. Now, I am getting to a point
> > where I am writing a who() function and I realise that I need receive
> > while sending. I asked on #perl on freenode and they directed me to POE.
> > Can I implement POE without changing all my code which is based on
> > IO::Socket::INET?
>
> No, you'll have to change pretty much all of it.  Some of the "business
> logic" layer will survive.
>
> POE is a radically different way of thinking compared to what you have
> been doing.  It is totally asynchronous and event-driven.  But it is
> immensely powerful.  Once you invest the time to learn it you will be able
> to do projects like the one you are engaged in much faster.
>
> Rewriting 200 lines should not take much time at all.
>
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