From: Sylvain Joyeux Date: 2007-05-10T15:40:57+09:00 Subject: Re: basic threading question: can ruby use real threads? > The APIs are the same between MRI and JRuby, though JRuby deliberately > hedges on the implementation of certain unsafe features like > Thread#kill, Thread#raise, and Thread.critical=. Thread#raise, "unsafe" ? It is the most useful thread-related functionality I've seen since I'm using threads ! It allows for instance to handle failing rendezvous the proper way (by using exceptions). Could you tell us why you think it is "unsafe" ? -- Sylvain Joyeux