why is there need to look up examples written by others. everyone here probably has some self-respect

Well, the perldocs do not always show complete working code examples, especially if you are on windows. Furthermore, you didn't take that example from the perldoc, it was some "perlfect site mini-tutorial". Bi-directional sockets are tricky to make work correctly, and you may as well benefit from other people who have already solved a problem. You almost always need IO::Select with Sockets. The Perlfect tutorial should have mentioned that. If you have "self-respect", don't ask here. :-) Self-respect is another word for "ego", and a good monk is ego-less and humble.

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

In reply to Re^3: perl networking problem,no threads used by zentara
in thread perl networking problem,no threads used by spx2

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