From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T06:36:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby threads? the point?

Eric Armstrong wrote:
> Justin Collins wrote:
>> Eric Armstrong wrote:
>>> Saw an archived message yesterday that
>>> said, "when one thread blocks, they all
>>> block".
>>>
>>
>> This hasn't been my experience at all. 
> >
> Yay! I'd rather be wrong!
>
>> Do you have a simple example that shows this behavior?
> >
> Below. And now that I'm at work, rather than
> at home, I've been able to determine that it
> works as expected on my Solaris box, but fails
> on Windows XP. (There, the display only updates
> after pressing spacebar or some other key.)
>
> Perhaps the problem is Curses on Windows??
>
<snip code>

Yep, works for me under Linux. I see the countdown without pressing 
anything and can exit by pressing 'x'.

Sounds like a Windows issue to me. However, I don't have a way of 
testing that :)

-Justin