Re: Efficient way to fork processes and keep a running count?

[BioLion]

I personally like Parallel::Forker - it makes polling processes easy, and also gives you a lot of control over them, so you can monitor them pretty closely. Have a look and see what you think.

[bfreemer]

Thanks much for the reference! Off to do some reading...

[BioLion]

I thought later that Parallel::ForkManager is another good option for you, if you want to keep things simple. There is a tutorial here in the Monastery : Introduction to Parallel::ForkManager