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Actually, I think that about 50% of that article is out of date, and another 20% is the author's misunderstanding.

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Re^5: Waiting for multiple filehandles (threads)
by Tanktalus (Canon) on Mar 22, 2005 at 19:07 UTC

    I think I just heard someone just volunteer to write a new threads tutorial for perlmonks... ;-)

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      If, as and when I believe I know enough about threads to write an authorative tutorial, I will.

      Until that time, I will continue to try gain that knowledge, by showing how simple and effective threads can be for some applications, and to debunk the pervasive FUD that surrounds them.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco.
      Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
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Re^5: Waiting for multiple filehandles (threads)
by Mugatu (Monk) on Mar 22, 2005 at 19:10 UTC
    The main point of the article I posted was that Perl's ithreads are not lightweight. The details may be off, but unless something drastic has changed (which is entirely possible. Please correct me if it has), this basic fact still holds true. It is something everyone who writes threaded code in Perl should know.
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