From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T18:12:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Continous running thread

Bob Showalter wrote:
> iamscottwalter@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a simple task, I want to have a Thread that will every 2
>> minutes perfom a task.  I have tried:
>>
>>   thread = Thread.new do
>>     while true
>>        puts "Scott"
>>        sleep 10000
>>     end
>> end
>>
>> But it seems to only print "scott" once.  How can I in Ruby have a
>> thread that will puts "scott" ervery 10 seconds?
>
> You have to join the thread, or otherwise ensure the process keeps
> running. Also 10000 is 10 thousand seconds, or 2-3/4 hours.

Yes joining is the main problem here.  But if Bob makes his main thread
join this thread he doesn't need another thread at all. :-)

Kind regards

    robert