Well, not to blow my own trumpet _too_ much, have a look at this. It's a mud client (read almost telnet but not quite) using IO::Select. IMHO this is the more elegant way than threading or forking, since you neatly sidestep the delightful things known as 'concurrent issues'. Threading requires a certain amount more thought, especially when you do anything to modify a 'global' value. (Some models, threading is good, like for example, I'm currently hacking together an FTP download manager for which it'd suit well. Others, it's just overkill, and potentially dangerous.)
Update: Be aware that some network calls, such as 'gethostbyaddr()' at the OS level are NOT thread safe. I don't know how perl deals with this, but it's one to watch for.
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In reply to Re: Thread or Select for sockets?! by Preceptor
in thread Thread or Select for sockets?! by masuoda

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