Why thread this? If I were to take a completely linear approach, then it would look something like: 

  while (!$quit)
  {
    gatherData1 ();
    gatherData2 ();
    gatherData3 ();
    renderData ();

    ReadMode 'cbreak';
    $quit = 1 if defined (my $char = ReadKey (0)) && $char eq 'q';
    ReadMode 'normal';
  }

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But there are three sets of data here from different sources. There is a dramatic difference in the cost of gathering those three data sets. Data set 1 is gathered from memory, and data set 3 is an expensive, asynchronous query, data set 2 is file I/O. I would like the high refresh rate to see the data that changes often.

I understand the issues involved with threading, and I don't do this lightly, but I didn't see another way to accomplish this, and get the desired result.

In reply to Re^2: Dormus interruptus by pbeckingham
in thread Dormus interruptus by pbeckingham

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