Not quite a one-liner:

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use threads;
use LWP::Simple;

my @pages = map $_->join, map async(
    sub{ get "http://$_[0]"; }, $_
), qw[ www.bbc.co.uk www.ibm.com www.cnn.com www.microsoft.com ];;

print substr $_, 0, 100 for @pages;

__END__
C:\test>1034235.pl
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-GB" > <head> <!-- Barlesque 2.45.9 --> 
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w
+3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-str

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<title>CNN.com International - Breaking, World, Business
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="en-gb no-js" lang="en" dir="ltr" xmlns:bi="urn:schemas-mi
+crosoft-com:m

[download]
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

In reply to Re: simple multithreading with curl by BrowserUk
in thread simple multithreading with curl by Anonymous Monk

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