I wrote this module: Parallel::ForkControl because I couldn't find any modules at the time that abstracted out the forking code in a way that let me adjust the forking performance so me and my co-workers could focus on the function of the code. I'd be interested in hearing your comments on the functionality of the module.
use Parallel::ForkControl;

my $forker = new Parallel::ForkControl(
                 MaxKids => 5000,
                 MinKids => 5,
                 WatchLoad => 1,
                 MaxLoad => 5.50,
                 Code => \&mySub
);


foreach my $col (@collections) {
    $forker->run($col);
}
$forker->cleanup();

sub mySub {
     my $collection = shift;
     ......
     return;
}

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Thanks,

UPDATED: I fixed the code parameter in the example to be a code ref.

-brad..

In reply to Re: Parallel tasks by reyjrar
in thread Parallel tasks by john.goor

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