use strict; use warnings; # hallelujah use threads; use threads::shared; # threads, oh how I hate use Thread::Queue; my $q = Thread::Queue->new; my $thrHandle = threads->create( \&exampleSub ); $q->dequeue; print "parent running\n"; $thrHandle->join(); sub exampleSub { print "child init\n"; sleep 2; print "child init finished\n"; $q->enqueue(0); print "child running\n"; }