From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-09-01T10:45:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Two issues with webrick - both threading & OS related

Jamis Buck wrote:
> For what it's worth, I took the script you posted and ran it on my linux 
> box, and it worked. I requested /sleep, and while it was sleeping I 
> requested /greet, and it sent me /greet right away.

Actually, that works on all the platforms I've tried.

What doesn't work (on some platforms) is requesting a /sleep while 
another /sleep is in progress.  The second sleep will block, waiting for 
the first.

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