use constant NEW_SOCK_EVERY => 1000; ... my $server_sock = new IO::Socket::INET( Listen => 1,LocalPort => 19,Reuse=> 1 ); my $sel = new IO::Select( $server_sock ); my $i = NEW_SOCK_EVERY; while($server_sock) { if (++$i>=NEW_SOCK_EVERY) { $i=0; foreach my $socket ($sel->can_read(0.0001)) { if($socket == $server_sock ) { new_socket($socket); }else{ if(defined ($socket)) { close_socket($socket); } } } } foreach my $wsocket ($sel->can_write(0.0001)) { gen_chars($wsocket); } } ...