code@labs ~>> perl thread.pl thread.pl line 3: This Perl hasn't been configured and built properly for the threads module to work. (The 'useithreads' configuration option hasn't been used.) Having threads support requires all of Perl and all of the XS modules in the Perl installation to be rebuilt, it is not just a question of adding the threads module. (In other words, threaded and non-threaded Perls are binary incompatible.) If you want to the use the threads module, please contact the people who built your Perl. Cannot continue, aborting. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/mach/threads.pm line 28. Compilation failed in require at thread.pl line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at thread.pl line 3. code@labs ~>> Damn. I am the "people who built my perl." lol. looks like i have a job to do. Gotta get thread support built in.