I don't know about smp distributing threads, I guess the kernel will decide? But here are some general comments on threads.

When joining, the thread must return from it's code block, either by reaching the end of the block, or with an explicit return. 

#  bad, you are only joining 1
# $thr->join;
# $thr1->join;

#better
foreach my $thread ( threads->list ) {                                
+                    
   $thread->join;                                                     
+                    
}        


# or you could stuuff the threads into hashes
# like 

my %thrs;
for(1..30){ 
   $thrs{$_}{'thread'} = threads->new(\&thread_sub);
 }

#then join them by looping thru the hash keys

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You are probably going to need to use shared variables to control interaction between the threads, but I'm not very familiar with enqueue 


sub thread_sub {
     while ($test == 0) {
         if (certain test is true)
             { 
               $test = 1;  #maybe test should be shared
               return;
             }
   
       }
     # Now here is where I am getting really god damned lost
     {my $action = $queue->enqueue;}
}

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I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum

In reply to Re: multi-threaded questions by zentara
in thread multi-threaded questions by btoovey

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