From: Daniel Sheppard Date: 2007-02-07T14:21:18+09:00 Subject: Re: is there any timing class in the standard lib? > --------------------------- > class RSSdeamon > def start > puts "deamon started" > while true > sleep(5) > puts "deamon running" > end > end > end > > myProc = RSSdeamon.new() > myProc.start > --------------------------- > It doesnt print even a single line. Am I missing something in > concurrent > programming? No, but I'm guessing you're running windows and you're missing something in IO flushing. stdout doesn't get flushed automatically by puts. Try putting a STDOUT.flush after your puts.