use Tie::File; use threads; use strict; use constant NUMBER_OF_THREAD => 10; $|++; open(ACCOUNT, ">", "account.txt"); foreach (0..NUMBER_OF_THREAD) { print ACCOUNT "1000\n"; } close(ACCOUNT); tie my @account, "Tie::File", "account.txt" or die "cannot tie\n"; foreach (1..NUMBER_OF_THREAD) { my $kid = threads->create(\&thread_job, $_); $kid->detach(); } untie @account; sub thread_job { my $id = shift(); print "I am a child, this is the name my parents gave me: ", $id, "\n"; while (1) { $account[$id] -= 100; $account[$id] += 100; } }