C:\test>619259.pl starting event loop in create_thread() before async() in create_thread() before join() in thread in create_thread() before return Scalars leaked: 1 C:\test>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.6 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall Binary build 811 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com ActiveState is a division of Sophos. Built Dec 13 2004 09:52:01 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. C:\test>perl -Mthreads -e"warn "$threads::VERSION" 1.05 at -e line 1. C:\test>perl -MEvent -e"warn "$Event::VERSION" 1.09 at -e line 1.