The get is blocking. See LWP HEAD Replacement for an example of what the get method is capable of, or just read the fine manual (you can do user status updates from the callback).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.