From: Eric Armstrong <Eric.Armstrong@...>
Date: 2006-07-30T04:54:12+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby threads? the point?

Jan Svitok wrote:
> 
> kbhit returns whether there are any keystrokes in the buffer
> getc returns them.
> 
Nice! Didn't know about that kbhit.
That has promise. I wonder if there is a
multi-platform version of that API?

With that capability, I can dispense with
threads altogether, sleep for 1 second
intervals, and look for keyboard input
every time I wake up.

A brain-dead implementation is good enough
for this particular beast...
:_)