Okay, can this testcase be made any smaller (apart from by removing the print statements)? 
#! perl -slw
use threads;

use strict;
use warnings;

#my $command = q[printA.exe];
my $command = q[perl -wle"sleep int rand 3; print 'step1'"];

my $numCompleteTestRuns = 100;

runTests();

sub runTests
{
    my @threadList = ();

    for my $i (0 .. $numCompleteTestRuns)
    {
        print("About to create thread $i:");
        my $thread = threads->new(\&stepThread);
        push (@threadList, $thread);
    }

    my $numThreads = @threadList;
    print("There are $numThreads threads");

    # wait for each running thread to end
    foreach my $thread (@threadList)
    {
        $thread->join;
        print("A thread joined");
    }
    print("Processes ended - Goodbye");
}

# thread runs a type of users steps once only
sub stepThread
{
    print("Starting thread and about to run: $command");
    my $output = `$command`;
    print("$output");
    print("Ending thread");
}

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In reply to Re^12: "Thread already joined at..." and "A thread exited while x threads were running" errors by nickos
in thread "Thread already joined at..." and "A thread exited while x threads were running" errors by nickos

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