Re^3: Parallel::ForkManager is time consuming...takes too long

Running a hundred Perl ops and doing a number of system calls including forking a process in order to avoid running a dozen Perl ops in series is indeed a losing proposition.

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Re^4: Parallel::ForkManager is time consuming...takes too long by esolkc (Acolyte) on Aug 12, 2011 at 23:08 UTC
At least I have the syntax right. So but when should I use forking? All examples that I can find somewhere in the Net are as simple as the example I have provide. I have several loops and subroutines which can be distributed on different CPU-cores.	[reply]
Re^5: Parallel::ForkManager is time consuming...takes too long by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 13, 2011 at 00:05 UTC
When it helps and the extra complexity is acceptable.	[reply]