my $q = Thread::Queue->new(); my @threads; for (1..MAX_WORKERS) { push @threads, async { while (my $job = $q->dequeue()) { do_job($job); } }; } # Give work to the workers. for my $job (...) { $q->enqueue($job); } # Signal the workers to exit. $q->enqueue(undef) for 1..MAX_WORKERS; # Wait for the workers to finish. $_->join() for @threads;