#! perl -slw
use strict;
use threads;
use threads::shared;
use Thread::Queue;
use Time::HiRes qw[ time sleep ];

use constant {
    THREADS => 10,
    TRAPS   => 1000,
};

my $Q = new Thread::Queue;
my $start   : shared = 0;
my $running : shared = 0;

sub thread {
    $running++;
    sleep 0.01 until $start;
    while( my $trap = $Q->dequeue ) {
        ## Simulate sending trap.
        sleep $trap;
    }
    $running--;
}

my @threads = map{ threads->create( \&thread ) } 1 .. THREADS;

## Random "transmit" times 10 to 40 milliseconds
$Q->enqueue ( (10 + rand 40) / 1000 ) for 1 .. TRAPS;

## one undef per thread to terminate their while loops
$Q->enqueue( (undef) x THREADS );

## until they are all running
sleep .1 until $running == THREADS;

## Get the start time and set them going
my $startTime = time;
$start = 1;

## Wait for the queue to empty
sleep .01 while $Q->pending;

## Wait till the've all stopped
sleep .01 while $running;

## Grab the end time
my $endTime = time;

print "1000 traps took and average of ", ( $endTime - $startTime ) / 1000, " seconds per trap";

__END__
P:\test>junk3
1000 traps took and average of 0.00372980403900147 seconds per trap