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Re^5: forks for running multiple codes at same time

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Feb 09, 2009 at 10:29 UTC ( [id://742388]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^4: forks for running multiple codes at same time
in thread forks for running multiple codes at same time

forking, and then calling system to run the command, means he's forking twice for every command. Maybe 3 times depending what's in $command.

You can achieve the goal without threads on win32 like this:

#! perl -slw use strict; my @dates = 1 .. 10; my @pids; (my $cmd = <<'CMD' ) =~ s[\s+][ ]g; -wle"print qq[task $ARGV[0] starting]; sleep rand( 10 ); print qq[task $ARGV[ 0 ] finishing];" CMD while( my $date = pop @dates ) { push @pids, system 1, 'perl.exe', "$cmd $date"; if( @pids >= 5 ) { my $kid = wait; @pids = grep $_ != $kid, @pids; } } waitpid $_, 0 for @pids;

Since you need to load a new executable, why not just start it in a new process rather than duplicating the current one first?


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Re^6: forks for running multiple codes at same time
by salva (Canon) on Feb 09, 2009 at 10:45 UTC
    Since you need to load a new executable, why not just start it in a new process rather than duplicating the current one first?

    Well, I was thinking about Unix systems where calling fork & exec is the standard (and sometimes only) way to start a new process. On Windows, you are right, it will be quite inefficient.

      I was thinking about Unix systems where calling fork & exec is the standard (and sometimes only) way to start a new process.

      Sorry. I should have added a smiley. I was taking a gentle dig (back) at *nix :)


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      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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