#! perl -slw
use strict;
use threads;

my @threads = map async( sub{
    my $num = shift;
    print "started thread $num";
    sleep $num;
    print "done with thread $num";
    return $num;
}, $_ ), 1 .. 3;

print "Done with ", $_->join for @threads;

__END__
C:\test>junk52
started thread 1
started thread 2
started thread 3
done with thread 1
Done with 1
done with thread 2
Done with 2
done with thread 3
Done with 3

##</code><code>##

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use threads;

my @threads = map async( sub{
    my( $num, $sleep ) = @_;
    print "started thread $num to sleep for $sleep seconds";
    sleep $sleep;
    print "done with thread $num";
    return $num;
}, $_, 2+int( rand 3 ) ), 1 .. 3;

print "Done with ", $_->join for @threads;

__END__
C:\test>junk52
started thread 1 to sleep for 4 seconds
started thread 2 to sleep for 3 seconds
started thread 3 to sleep for 2 seconds
done with thread 3
done with thread 2
done with thread 1
Done with 1
Done with 2
Done with 3

##</code><code>##

print "Done with ", $_->join for @threads;