Multithreading in perl

soumyapanda has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

use threads;
$thr = threads->new(\&sub1);
sub sub1 {
print "In the thread\n";
}
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"this Perl not built to support threads"

I'm getting this error when i try to run the program using perl 5.10

please assist me to run a multithreading program using perl 5.10

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Re: Multithreading in perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 20, 2011 at 13:22 UTC
You will need to build a Perl with threads. See App::perlbrew for example, or just download the Perl tarball and compile it yourself. If both approaches are too difficult, ask your system administrator.	[reply]
Re: Multithreading in perl by zwon (Abbot) on Jul 20, 2011 at 13:59 UTC
Also you can get binary perl distribution. Most Linux distribution provide perl built with threads support. Or you can get ActivePerl	[reply]
Re^2: Multithreading in perl by soumyapanda (Acolyte) on Jul 21, 2011 at 09:52 UTC
Am using ActivePerl on Windows XP. Would i be able to download Activeperl for windows that is pre-built with multithreading support?	[reply]
Re^3: Multithreading in perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 21, 2011 at 10:28 UTC
ActiveState Perl, at least on Windows, always has thread support built in. I somewhat doubt that it's possible to compile Perl without thread support on Windows, but certainly, ActiveState is not doing that.	[reply]
Re^4: Multithreading in perl by soumyapanda (Acolyte) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:38 UTC
Re^5: Multithreading in perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:49 UTC
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Re^5: Multithreading in perl by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2011 at 09:46 UTC
Re: Multithreading in perl by Anonymous Monk on Jul 21, 2011 at 14:42 UTC
You also need to do some reading about exactly how Perl implements threading ... what threading "means to Perl," so to speak.	[reply]