PERL56DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL56DELTA(1)

PERL56DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL56DELTA(1) # PERL56DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL56DELTA(1) NNAAMMEE # perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # This document describes differences between the 5.005 release and the 5.6.0 release. CCoorree EEnnhhaanncceemmeennttss IInntteerrpprreetteerr cclloonniinngg,, tthhrreeaaddss,, aanndd ccoonnccuurrrreennccyy Perl 5.6.0 introduces the beginnings of support for running multiple interpreters concurrently in different threads. In conjunction with the ppeerrll__cclloonnee(()) API call, which can be used to selectively duplicate the state of any given interpreter, it is possible to compile a piece of code once in an interpreter, clone that interpreter one or more times, and run all the resulting interpreters in distinct threads. ...