From: Peter Fitzgibbons Date: 2005-04-28T23:26:43+09:00 Subject: Re: thread question -----Original Message----- From: Brian Schr�der [mailto:ruby.brian@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:08 PM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Re: thread question > On 25/04/05, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > > On 4/25/05, Brian Schr�der wrote: > > > On 25/04/05, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > > > > Every second, a function in the class that's being made available > > > > via DRb should be called automatically. How would I do that? > > One difference from your whish is, that this calls the function with a sleeptime of approximately one second, > or sometimes more, and not every second. Calling it every second is more difficult. > > Also, if I remember correctly, ruby threads may be blocked for some time by some large io activities. > > hope to help, > > Brian I hope that every programmer truly realizes that Win*, Mac* and *nix are NOT real-time-os. On all of these os', a second is not the standardized second, and the practical 'clock tick' is by no means absolutely a specific count of milliseconds. Peter J. Fitzgibbons Applications Manager Lakewood Homes - "The American Dream Builder"(r) Peter.FitzgibbonsNOSPAMLakewoodhomes.net (847) 884-8800