From: Shea Martin <null@...0>
Date: 2006-03-24T03:23:52+09:00
Subject: unhandled exception in thread causes ruby to lose control


<code>
Thread.abort_on_exception = true

t = Thread.new{
   puts "here"
   raise "exception"
}

sleep 3
puts "t thread is #{t.alive?}"

exit 0
</code>

The above code will cause ruby to eatup 100% cpu, for an infinite amount 
of time on win32.  If Thread.abort_on_exception  is set to false, things 
work as expected.

I think this is a bug. ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]

~S