Are they better? 

C:\test>perl -MIPC::System::Simple=capture -E"say capture( 'perl', '-q
+' )"
Unrecognized switch: -q  (-h will show valid options).
"perl" unexpectedly returned exit value 9 at -e line 1

C:\test>perl -MIPC::System::Simple=capture -E"say capture( 'prel', '-q
+' )"
"prel" failed to start: "The system cannot find the path specified" at
+ -e line 1

C:\test>perl -E"say qx[prel -q 2>&1]"
'prel' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.


C:\test>perl -E"say qx[perl -q 2>&1]"
Unrecognized switch: -q  (-h will show valid options).

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In reply to Re^13: Multi-threads newbie questions by BrowserUk
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