From: Jacek Olszak <jacekolszak@...2.pl>
Date: 2006-01-09T02:19:07+09:00
Subject: Newbie question about threads and gets

Hi everyone...

I've a simple question - how can I write an application with two 
threads, where first thread reads the user input. I want both threads to 
run SIMULTANEOUSLY.
So .. here is my code:

a=Thread.new do
    $stdin.gets
end

b=Thread.new do
  5.times do
    print "b"
    $stdout.flush
    Thread.pass
  end
end

a.join
b.join

Unfortunelty "gets" block my whole application - the "b" thread waits 
until user writes something to the stdin. But I want the b thread not 
wait and run at the same time.

Thanks
Jacek

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