From: martinus <martin.ankerl@...>
Date: 2005-01-24T17:05:52+09:00
Subject: Re: TCPSocket.new blocks other threads

This is a serious problem! Try this code without an internet
connection:

Thread.new {
sleep 1
TCPSocket.new("xxx.nonexisting.xxx", 1234)
}

loop {
puts "."
sleep 0.25
}

This should continuously print a ".", but after 1 second this blocks
Ruby completely.

martinus