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=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Acme::Fork::Lazy qw/:all/;
 use feature 'say';

 ###
 # Single parallel calculation

 my $foo = forked { expensive_calculation_to_do_in_parallel() };
 # ...then (sooner or later...)
 say $foo; 

 ###
 # Parallel map

 my @list = map forked { sleep $_; $_*2 }, 1..10;
 sleep 5; # gives enough time for first 5 elements to be calculated
 say $_ for @list;

 ###

 END {
    wait_kids; # make sure we're not leaving behind any zombies
 }

=head1 DESCRIPTION

We often want to fork a process with an expensive calculation.  This involves making the child