silly@bluetit:~/perl/threads$ thread.pl
Number of Dots to compute: 117369
the code took: 2 wallclock secs ( 1.92 usr  0.67 sys +  0.00 cusr  0.00 csys =  2.59 CPU) to prep
Thread Message is test2
Thread Message is test3
Thread Message is test1
Thread Message is test4
the code took:23 wallclock secs (70.72 usr 12.29 sys +  0.00 cusr  0.00 csys = 83.01 CPU) to do threaded dots