>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Takacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephen> Perl threads on Unix aren't nearly as useful as on platforms like Stephen> Win32 that don't have a native fork(), and even there you have to be Stephen> careful because Perl's threads are not at all "lightweight". You can Stephen> easily end up with processes that have huge memory footprints if you Stephen> don't exert extreme caution. Also some modules aren't safe to use in Stephen> multiple threads. Stephen> Another alternative that's cross-platform and perhaps more robust is Stephen> POE (http://poe.perl.org). This is just a CPAN module, so you don't Stephen> have to rebuild perl in order to use it. There's also the "forks" module in the CPAN which simulates threads for thread-based Perl programs using "fork()", albeit with a few restrictions. I've installed this on OpenBSD and a few other platforms, and at least most of the tests pass. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
