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# sleep() won't work on Windows in multiple threads ... there is Windows "weirdness" with sleep

Where did you get that from? Cos it's complete rubbish.

#/usr/bin/perl -w
 use strict;

 my $pid = fork();
 die "fork() failed: $!" unless defined $pid;
 if ($pid) {
     print "I am the child pid =$pid...\n";
     
     while ( sleep 1 ) {
        print  "I am still the child  ". localtime()."\n";
     }    
 }
 else {
    print "I am the parent\n";
    
    while (sleep(2)) {
        print "I am still the parent ". localtime(), "\n";
    }
 }
__END__
C:\test>junk57
I am the child pid =-3552...
I am the parent
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:33 2012
I am still the parent Sun Aug 26 07:46:34 2012
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:34 2012
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:35 2012
I am still the parent Sun Aug 26 07:46:36 2012
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:36 2012
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:37 2012
I am still the parent Sun Aug 26 07:46:38 2012
I am still the child  Sun Aug 26 07:46:38 2012
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)
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BTW: The question above isn't sarcasm, but a real question.

I vaguely recollect hearing or reading someone else say something similar a long time ago, but I know it has never been true -- at least not since the long gone days of cooperative multithreading -- so I'd really like to know where the idea comes from?

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

RIP Neil Armstrong

In reply to Re^2: pipe fork win32 by BrowserUk
in thread pipe fork win32 by bulk88

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