How many threads do you think a single CPU can handle simultaneously?

Well, maybe my question didn't accurately reflect my intentions. I don't necessary want all this stuff to happen simultaneously but just closer to eachother than it currently is (this is what I meant when I said "roughly simultaneously"). Maybe asking for my code to trigger closer than a few 100ths of a second is too much? (This is not a rhetorical question. I really don't know if this is reasonable or not.) If so, I'll think of another approach... though I must admit I was quite excited to be using threads for something like this. =)

Maybe you can do what you want using POE.

This may be my next best option. I'll definitely take a good look if I can't get the threads to work.

Hope this helps.

Definitely. Thanks very much for the reply.

PS: Your Things you need to know before programming Perl ithreads post is partially what made me want to play with threads in the first place. I'm not sure if that will be more or less reassuring to you, considering what I'm trying to do. Perhaps I entirely missed the point of your post? :)

In reply to Re: Re: threads and low values with Time::HiRes::setitimer by revdiablo
in thread threads and low values with Time::HiRes::setitimer by revdiablo

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