From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T03:31:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Continous running thread

iamscottwalter@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok I changed it to:
> 
> thread = Thread.new do
>      while true
>         puts "Scott"
>         sleep 10.0
>      end
>  end
> 
> However, it only executed once and exits.  It doesn't even wait 10
> seconds before exiting.  This is driving me crazy.
> 

As others have mentioned:

thread = Thread.new do
      while true
         puts "Scott"
         sleep 10.0
      end
  end

# Add this:
thread.join


James

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