From: Mark <okmooi@...>
Date: 2006-10-23T22:34:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble using puts and getc in different threads

On 10/23/06, Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try it on a Unix-like system. It will work. We've had several discussions
> here about an bad interaction between Ruby threads and system I/O on
> Windows, but I'm not sure anyone has gotten to the bottom of it.

Hmm, that was not the answer I was hoping for... And I don't have the
luxury of using a linux computer. :-(

Does this mean that is not possible to write a ruby program that
continuously outputs data on stdout until a key is pressed by the
user? It sounds so simple.

I found a posting from Nobu Nokada in 2002 saying "Another problem due
to select(), thread cannot switch while console input." which
explaines my code doesn't work. Must I draw the conclusion that this
problem still isn't fixed?

Mark