> if a program spawns multiple children, does that mean
> it has multiple threads?  

no, that means is has multiple processes
you'll be able to see them (if you are fast enough :)
by typing 

ps axuw

on the command prompt of your UNIX system

Perl isn't too good at threading

-- Gabor

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Web backend development
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