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Simple Perl Thread
// I don't remember where I picked this up but it is about as simple
// as you will find for threaded perl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use threads;
use threads::shared;
$|=1;
my ($global) : shared ;
my $thr1 = threads->new(\&TEST,1) ;
my $thr2 = threads->new(\&TEST,2) ;
my @ReturnData = $thr1->join ;
print "Thread 1 returned: @ReturnData\n" ;
my @ReturnData = $thr2->join ;
print "Thread 2 returned: @ReturnData\n" ;
########
# TEST #
########
sub TEST {
my ( $id ) = @_ ;
for(0..10) {
$global++ ;
print "id: $id >> $_ >> GLB: $global\n" ;
sleep(1) ;
}
return( $id ) ;
}




