What is the status on alarm(), along with $SIG{ALRM} with Win32? I am working on a Windows XP system and cannot get the alarm signal to work, yet I am also not getting errors of alarm() not being implemented. Does anyone have any useful information to share with me about this issue? For the record, I understand the obvious fact that "you can't use alarm on Windows" here, I'm just looking for information on why that is and if it is being worked on as we speak :) 

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In reply to SIGALRM and Win32 by Anonymous Monk

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