#! perl -slw use 5.012_000; use strict; use threads; use Data::Dumper; my %toc; for my $i (1..3) { my $id = async { sleep 3*$i+5; $i }; print Dumper($id); $toc{$id} = "starting thread $id, with \$i = $i"; } print Dumper(\%toc); sub joinable { threads->list( threads::joinable ) }; sub running { threads->list( threads::running ) }; while (my $count = scalar running) { sleep 1 until joinable; print "$toc{$_} => ", $_->join, "\n" for joinable; } print "all post-commands are complete\n"; #### $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = '25730180')}, 'threads' ); $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = '26709332')}, 'threads' ); $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = '27250780')}, 'threads' ); $VAR1 = { 'threads=SCALAR(0x187b454)' => 'starting thread threads=SCALAR(0x187b4 54), with $i = 3', 'threads=SCALAR(0x193d404)' => 'starting thread threads=SCALAR(0x193d4 04), with $i = 1', 'threads=SCALAR(0x193d5b4)' => 'starting thread threads=SCALAR(0x193d5 b4), with $i = 2' }; Use of uninitialized value within %toc in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 25. => 1 Use of uninitialized value within %toc in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 25. => 2 Use of uninitialized value within %toc in concatenation (.) or string at test.pl line 25. => 3 all post-commands are complete