# older perls crash if threads are spawned way too quickly, sleep for 100 msecs
my @pool = map { sleep 0.1 and threads->create(\&run_torture) } (1..($ENV{AUTOMATED_TESTING} ? 20 : 5) );
+
+# again - necessary for older perls
+sleep 1;
+
for (@pool) {
if ($_->join != 42) {
die ($_->can('error') ? $_->error : "Thread did not finish successfully" );