Re: What's the best way to fetch data from multiple sources asynchronously?

I have had excellent success with Thread and Thread::Queue.

Sample code at This node. (Original code was Win32, but success has been reported on Linux - there is no Windows-specific code in the script).

Update 1:I acknowledge my knowledge, and hence, this advice is now somewhat obsolete (although, it continues to work). Please see BrowserUk's advice below.
I believe the sample code would work with minimal modifications, using ithreads (threads) instead of Thread(Perl 5.5), since both modules are compatible with Thread::Queue. Details are in perlthrtut.

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Re^2: What's the best way to fetch data from multiple sources asynchronously? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 01, 2007 at 21:01 UTC
I have had excellent success with Thread ... Please note that the Thread module is old and defunct. It only worked with Perl's circa 5.6.x. For anything newer than that, you should be using (and advising the use of) threads. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: What's the best way to fetch data from multiple sources asynchronously?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 01, 2007 at 21:01 UTC

I have had excellent success with Thread ...

Please note that the Thread module is old and defunct. It only worked with Perl's circa 5.6.x.

For anything newer than that, you should be using (and advising the use of) threads.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

[reply]
[d/l]