matz / zetabits.com (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote in
<981476912.203293.20718.nullmailer / ev.netlab.zetabits.com>: 

<<SNIP>>
>
>What are you expecting?  On my box th2 seemed to have killed th1.
>

I tried this on a Linux- and a WinNT-box. Both would not kill th1!
BTW: Did you read Mathieu's reply?
One other subtlety: I am using 1.6.2. If I got Mathieus explanation
correct I don't expect 1.7.0 can/does solve this *problem*! 

>p.s.
>Do not use mere numbers for conditionals.  It may cause surprising
>effect inherited from Perl.  I will disable this feature someday.
>
>                                   matz.
Matz, I don't get you here, sorry. Could you be more precise?