From: Kero <kero@...>
Date: 2007-10-01T01:10:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Subclassing Thread?

>> Those familiar with threading in Java will know that you can write a
>> class that is a subclass of Thread, and then put the thread's code into
>> 'public static void run,' which gets executed once thread.start is
>> called.  Can something similar to this be done in Ruby?

The usual question is, why would you want that?
A Thread, by its nature, is something that should be running.
Especially delaying the start means... there's no underlying thread yet!

And I really love the syntax of Ruby:
  Thread.new {
    // thread's code
  }

What are you missing?