Re: Iteration through large array using a N number of forks.

Parallel::ForkManager is the standard solution to this.

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Re^2: Iteration through large array using a N number of forks. by Spesh00 (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2005 at 18:07 UTC
Unfortuneately, the environment I am doing development in is extremely restrictive, and so adding on perl modules is kind of a last ditch option. I was hoping something in native code might be able to achive this result without having to use them - or if possible, something that comes with 5.8. Thanks for the insight however, and I will investigate it in case I have no other choice.	[reply]
Re^3: Iteration through large array using a N number of forks. by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Feb 22, 2005 at 18:12 UTC
Cut'n'paste the code from Parallel::ForkManager into a module that you "wrote". It's PurePerl. Heck, if you need it, I cut'n'pasted the code into this node (within the readmore). If you feel bad, add an attribution. Read more... (5 kB) Note: a restrictive development environment is one that encourages the development of costly and buggy software. You have a perfectly good solution that was developed under the same development model that Perl itself was developed under. Is that seriously a big issue? Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Iteration through large array using a N number of forks. by holli (Abbot) on Feb 22, 2005 at 18:19 UTC
Even in a restrictive environment you can put your own module-directory and install the module there. With simple pure perl modules (no compiler needed) you can simply fetch the module file(s)? and copy it to that directory. Parallel-ForkManager is pure perl, so no problem. You only have to tell perl where to look: `use lib qw(/some/lib/path);` [download] And even in the most restrictive environment you can simply put the modules code in your scriptfile. modules with c-code are more complicated. you´re lost when you don´t have access to a compiler, unless you find it prebuilt. if you have no shell access, these nodes might be helpful: Install Perl Modules Using FTP Without Having Shell Access?, Installing modules without root and shell holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]