use strict; use threads; use threads::shared; use Math::BigInt; use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; use feature qw(say); my @numbers = ( 1 .. 10 ); my %result : shared; my @threads = map { threads->create( \&process, $_ ); } @numbers; $_->join for @threads; for my $key ( sort{ $a <=> $b } keys %result ) { say "$key : ", $result{ $key }, ' => ', $result{ $key }->bstr; } sub process { my $number = shift; my $factorial = factorial($number); lock %result; $result{$number} = shared_clone( $factorial ); ## clone the object } sub factorial { my $number = shift; Math::BigInt->bfac($number); } #### C:\test>junk 1 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d160) => 1 2 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d190) => 2 3 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d148) => 6 4 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d178) => 24 5 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d118) => 120 6 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d130) => 720 7 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d160) => 5040 8 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d190) => 40320 9 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d148) => 362880 10 : Math::BigInt=HASH(0x3f5d178) => 3628800