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There are a number of different ways to attack this challenge: threads, pipe/fork with alarm, several worker pool modules... If you are trying to stick with CORE install, what version of perl are you running? Be aware that alarm would only work if you are running one query at a time, because otherwise the alarms may interfere.

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

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