#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Math::BigInt; use Parallel::ForkManager; use Time::HiRes qw ( time ); use feature qw(say); my $sleep_period = shift; my $processes = qx(sysctl -n hw.ncpu); chomp $processes; my $pm = Parallel::ForkManager->new($processes); $pm->set_waitpid_blocking_sleep($sleep_period); say qq(processes: $processes); my $start = time; for my $number ( 1 .. 50 ) { $pm->start($number) and next; my $factorial = Math::BigInt->bfac(2000) for 1 ... 10; $pm->finish(0); } $pm->wait_all_children; say qq(fork: ), time - $start;