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The stack isn't ref-counted, and this causes issues when thread creation attempts to clone the variables. I can't remember the exact scenario, but I can look it up if you want more info.

If you have a moments at some point, I would be interested to read about it. Thanks.


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Re^6: wait for threads to end in parallel
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 16, 2010 at 18:09 UTC

    Ah, there it is: RT 70602. The problem was a noisy memory leak.

    Apparently, it's fixed in 5.12.