##! perl -slw use 5.010; use strict; use threads; use Thread::Queue qw( ); sub sub1 { say"sub1 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..2; say"sub1 ends" } sub sub2 { my $hashref = shift; $hashref->{KEY}=1; exists($hashref->{KEY}) ? say "KEY exists" : say "KEY does NOT exist"; say"sub2 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..2; say"sub2 ends" } sub sub3 { say"sub3 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..5; say"sub3 ends" } sub sub4 { say"sub4 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..5; say"sub4 ends" } sub sub5 { say"sub5 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..5; say"sub5 ends" } sub sub6 { say"sub6 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..5; say"sub6 ends" } sub sub7 { say"sub7 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..2; say"sub7 ends" } sub sub8 { say"sub8 starts"; sleep 1 for 1..2; say"sub8 ends" } my $hashref = {}; my $q = Thread::Queue->new(); my $t1 = async { sub1(); $q->enqueue(1); }; my $t2 = async { sub2($hashref); $q->enqueue(2); }; my $pending = 2; my @threads; for (;;) { my $id = $q->dequeue(); if ($id == 1) { $t1->join(); push @threads, async { sub3() }, async { sub4() }; --$pending; } elsif ($id == 2) { $t2->join(); exists($hashref->{KEY}) ? say "KEY exists" : say "KEY does NOT exist"; push @threads, async { sub5() }, async { sub6() }; --$pending; } if (!$pending) { push @threads, async { sub7() }, async { sub8() }; last; } } $_->join() for @threads;