From: Daniel Sheppard <daniels@...>
Date: 2008-01-22T13:57:25+09:00
Subject: Re: sleep not adding up

> def test_puts
>   puts 'hi'
    STDOUT.flush
> end
> 
> def test_sleep
>   sleep 1
>   test_puts
> end
> 
> 5.downto(1) do
>   test_sleep
> end

On windows, you need to manually flush STDOUT/STDERR if you want to see
the output prior to the program ending.

Dan.