From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2006-12-08T00:34:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Odd result when attempting to use Mechanize in parallel with Threads

On 12/7/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> threads.each { |aThread|  aThread.join }  # THIS MUST BE OUTSIDE THE LOOP!

<homer>*d'Oh</homer>

> fyi.  starting a thread, and then immediately joining it is the same as not
> using a thread at all!

Ah yes, cutting & pasting a line too high ....

> another fyi - threads are io (even socket io) is a dealy combination on
> windows.  run this on linux/mac if possible.

Has to be windows, but this isn't mission critical code - just a
development tool that may eventually post the results to a wiki or
something. I can break this
up a bit so it doesn't kill my laptop later.

> regards.

Thanks. I knew it had to a WTF.