Re^2: Trouble passing an array reference to my threads

The thread inherits a COW (Copy on write) copy of a part of the array

There's no COW, it's just a copy created the same time the thread created.

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Re^3: Trouble passing an array reference to my threads by NetWallah (Canon) on Nov 23, 2011 at 23:41 UTC
You are probably right - I made some assumptions based on my (limited) understanding of how threads are implemented - I thought I read somewhere that there is an underlying fork, which does COW. "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, use more."	[reply]
Re^4: Trouble passing an array reference to my threads by zwon (Abbot) on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:11 UTC
I think it is exactly opposite -- fork emulation implemented using threads on Windows	[reply]