There is (currently) a limit of 120 threads per process (on win32/5.8.4/XP/my computer/11th July 2004/SE UK etc :). This is not a hard-wired limit within perl and may vary with build.

That you are not seeing any error message suggests that your installation is not configured to report segfaults. There is an option to "Send Administrative Alert" in Control panel->System->Advanced->Startup and Recovery->Settings->System failure. At least that's where it is on XP.

That perl is not detecting the underlying problem and reporting it's own message is a bug. I have tracked down the unchecked API call and will submit a perlbug with the information.

However, if you can show me a useful application of using more than half a dozen or so simultaneous threads, I'll show you a better way :)

Update: Perlbug # 30674.

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In reply to Re^5: Win32 and threads; (#30674) by BrowserUk
in thread Win32 and threads; by jammin2night

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