See message below. This is definitely a FAQ.
-Jesse
-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Sookne
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:17 AM
To: 'Kirk Rogers'; Perl-Win32-Users2 (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Multithreaded Apps on Win32?
In perl 5.6, threads are implemented via the fork() emulation. Read perldoc perlfork for more info.
The Thread module was used in previous versions, and is not compatible with 5.6.