That's helpful information... I guess I'll stick with the DSO. At one point I did benchmark mod_perl2 with vs. without threads, and without threads was marginally faster. I've since started using some new CPAN modules, so I'll have to double-check that none of them use Perl threads.
thanks! JB > If you're looking for a performance gain, recompile your Perl to not > use threads and you'll see a boost.