$ perl funky_i_o.pl
We haz teh dataz! (0.947528113451884)

   <<< snip!  don't want output to be too long!  >>>

We haz teh dataz! (0.345542351805733)
We haz teh dataz! (0.91829197130572)
Unknown command: now is
We haz teh dataz! (0.226257566965014)
We haz teh dataz! (0.517020773183582)

    <<< snip again! >>>

We haz teh dataz! (0.917061227597888)
Starting a task that takes 5 seconds!
...and now we're done!
We haz teh dataz! (0.214499409451559, 0.574298714543268, 0.865109706355287, 0.412658576047463, 0.56280680260377, 0.488052299033619, 0.603652722987906)
We haz teh dataz! (0.375474185862402)
We haz teh dataz! (0.382325609198627)
Unknown command: now is
We haz teh dataz! (0.951879935396668)

    <<< snip! >>>

We haz teh dataz! (0.760059503593943)
Quitting!