From: 7stud -- Date: 2007-10-04T08:06:45+09:00 Subject: Re: Non-blocking 'gets' ? Rudi Cilibrasi wrote: > > I would presume the "main" > (first) thread would be the only one able to take advantage of this > feature. Does that make sense? > No, because if you look at the example I posted, the main thread has the statements: print "Enter command: " STDOUT.flush input = gets According to your explanation, the flush call should be unnecessary. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.