my $fork_pid = fork(); if($fork_pid == 0){ while(1){ my $live_socket = $socket->accept(); # only allow parent to kill child here $live_socket->close(); } } # parent should kill child nicely (9 is a bit drastic, but <9 doesn't seem to work), and only if child is waiting for a socket connection else{ print "Hit to quit\n"; my $quit = ; kill 9, $fork_pid; } #### map{$a=1-$_/10;map{$d=$a;$e=$b=$_/20-2;map{($d,$e)=(2*$d*$e+$a,$e**2 -$d**2+$b);$c=$d**2+$e**2>4?$d=8:_}1..50;print$c}0..59;print$/}0..20