#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use threads;

# join() does three things: it waits for a thread to exit, 
# cleans up after it, and returns any data the thread may 
# have produced.  

my $thr = threads->new(\&sub1);

my $return = $thr->join;

print "Thread returned @$return\n";

#hold for key input 
<>;
########################################################## 
sub sub1 {
  my  @values = ('1',2, 'ten');
  print "@values\n";

  while(1){sleep 1}

return \@values;
}