note kcott <p>G'day [Wiggins],</p> <p> This book was printed about 16 years ago and, as such, is now rather dated. Perl 5.4 was the current version around that time (see [http://perldoc.perl.org/perlhist.html|perlhist] for specifics). </p> <p> I had a quick scan through Chapter 13 (I assume that's what you're referring to) but neither <c>g-pkg</c> nor <c>#New Server ...</c> leapt out at me. Could you reference their page numbers and also give some indication of what you're having trouble understanding. </p> <p> I did find the code for <c>set_event_handler()</c> (page 214). Most of the examples of its usage (e.g. <c>connect()</c>, <c>disconnect()</c>, <c>send_later()</c>) do not have a package name as the first argument. However, on page 205, you will find the call: </p> <code> Msg->set_event_handler(\*STDIN, "read" => \&kbd_input); </code> <p> I'm not sure if that helps. Again, some indication of what you're having trouble understanding would help in providing a better answer. </p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-861371"> <p>-- Ken</p> </div></div> 1017679 1017679