in reply to loop over to utilize all cpus

use threads;

my @counters = map async( sub{ system 'counts.sh'; } ), 1 .. 8;
my @staters  = map async( sub{ system 'stats.sh';  } ), 1 .. 8;

$_->join for @counters, @staters;

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