Which version of Perl? Cos I can't get it to crash on any of the versions I have available.

It doesn't succeed, but that's not the same as "crashing". And if you print out the extended error information you get a clue as to why: 

use IO::Socket::INET;
my $s = IO::Socket::INET-> new(
    Listen    => 5,
    LocalPort => 10000,
    Blocking  => 0,
    ReuseAddr => 1,
) or die "error:$! [$^E]";

print $s;
__END__
c:\test>junk
error: [Incorrect function] at c:\test\junk.pl line 2.

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The reason for the failure is that the Blocking => 0 parameter is nt supported on win32. Is is possible to set sockets non-blocking on win32, but you have to use an ioctl call to do it.

A supersearch for "0x8004667e" turns up a whole bunch of previous discussion and examples.

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In reply to Re: IO::Socket::INET on win32 by BrowserUk
in thread IO::Socket::INET on win32 by dk

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