From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2006-12-16T02:33:55+09:00
Subject: Thread and sleep

$ cat a.rb

t = Thread.new do
      while true
        puts "printing a line"
        sleep 2
      end
    end

gets
t.exit
puts "exiting"


$ ruby a.rb
printing a line
printing a line
printing a line
printing a line
exiting   # after I hit the "Enter" key


This is how it works on Linux and on Cygwin. But when I run the same
code on Windows using the one-click installer ruby, this is what I get
...


> ruby a.rb
printing a line

exiting  # after I hit the "Enter" key


It does not matter how long I let the script run, I'm only getting the
message out of the thread once. It's like the thread never wakes up
again after it goes to sleep.

Is this normal / expected behavior on Windows?  Am I missing something obvious?

Blessings,
TwP