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A recent Perl-based project called for some parallel processing. I naturally turned first to fork, which I have used successfully in the past. But this time, I needed to share information across the processes - they can’t just run in their isolated worlds. To do this, I had some options, including:

• IPC::Shareable
• subs::parallel
• perl threads
• simple perl fork and pipes

As the title of this article hints, I went with the last one.

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Many designers are now opting for table-less designs and using clean markup and CSS for webpage design. However, when tables are appropriate, many tend to misuse their semantics.

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