$ perl -e ' use strict; use warnings; use threads; use threads::shared; print "Started at: ", time, "\n"; print "Starting main program\n"; my @threads; for ( my $count = 1; $count <= 10;$count++) { my $t = threads->new(\&sub1); push(@threads,$t); } foreach (@threads) { $_->join; } print "End of main program\n"; print "Stopped at: ", time, "\n"; sub sub1 { print "Called at: ", time, "\n"; sleep 2; #do something } ' Started at: 1354171101 Starting main program Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 Called at: 1354171101 End of main program Stopped at: 1354171103