use Proc::Forkfunc;
use strict;
$|++; # autoflush/unbuffer
my @child_args = qw(1 2 );
forkfunc(\&child_func, @child_args);
forkfunc(\&child_func, 3);
forkfunc(\&child_func, 4);
forkfunc(\&child_func, 5);
sub child_func {
# sleep for rand(3)*rand(3)
select undef, undef, undef, rand(3) * rand(3);
print shift(@_);
print "\n";
}
Proc::Forkfunc has the annoying habit of
printing to STDERR
"call to child returned", but it's not a complex module, and if you crack it open (look at the source), you can easily figure out what's goin on.
You should also take a look at perlfork. This will work for most systems, but remember, forking is experimental on Win32 machines, and is not available before v5.6, but there is an alternative, Win32::Process.
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