From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-09-01T12:04:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Two issues with webrick - both threading & OS related

Jim Weirich wrote:
> 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.
> 

Ah, I see. I misunderstood. However, I just tried the scenario you 
described and it seemed to work fine as well.  The second sleep was 
started a few seconds after the first, and ended just a few seconds 
after the first.

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