NAME

pool_reuse.pl - Simple 'threads' example with a reusable thread pool

DESCRIPTION

A simplistic example illustrating the following:

• Creation of a pool of reusable threads

• Threads use a queue to indicate readiness for handling work

• Sending work to threads using queues

• Interrupting a threaded program

• Cleaning up threads before terminating

SEE ALSO

threads, threads::shared, and Thread::Queue

AUTHOR

Jerry D. Hedden, <jdhedden AT cpan DOT org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006 - 2009 Jerry D. Hedden. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.