From: Cd Cd <cdalten@...>
Date: 2007-09-12T13:42:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Threads and daemons

Cd Cd wrote:
>> 
>> Whenever I see `...` or %x{...} without it being an assignment it
>> triggers me to question it.
>> 
>>> So do I move join into the do/end block?
>> 
>> Try this modification to your program:
>> 
>>   #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>>   threads = []
>>   4.times do
>>     threads << Thread.new do
>>       output = %x{/usr/local/bin/party}
>>       puts "party output: " + output
>>     end
>>   end
>>   threads.each{|thr| thr.join}
>>   exit 0
>> 
>> Is there any output from your "party" program?  I am hoping there will
>> be errors shown there that were not displayed before that will lead
>> you to the problem.
>> 
> 
> I see
> Welcome to PARTY!  Type '?' for help:
> 
> When I step through the program via the ruby debugger. Sometimes ill see
> the same thing when I run the program. It varies from run to run

And on an interesting side note, the status of the program is sleeping 
when I run your version
10123  0.0  0.4  1076  1900 pb  S+    12:39AM    0:00.01 ruby ./party.rb

However, when I run my version, the status of the program show that it 
has been stopped.
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