C:\pwe>perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, #### Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_SITECUSTOMIZE #### foreach my $seq (0..$number-1) { my $doneflag = \$play_done[$seq]; $$doneflag = 0; $play_list[$seq] = threads->create(\&PlayoutThread, $doneflag, $target_list[$seq], $media_type, $portnum, $playouts); # Mark as already done if thread creation failed unless ($play_list[$seq]) { $$doneflag = 2; $play_errors++; } # Count it if thread creation succeeded else { $started++; } }