From: Armin Armbruster <aarmbruster@...>
Date: 2008-07-08T23:26:30+09:00
Subject: Threads: Different behavior under Linux and Windows

Hi,

I've tried the sample code below on Ubuntu (7.04) as well as on a
Windows XP machine.
While under Linux I get the expected result, namely task 1 counting
away, under XP task 1 stalls until I enter something, then runs one loop
and stalls again.
I would have thought that the call to gets in task 2 only blocks task 2,
but not task 1.
Can anybody please explain this to me and more importantly show me a
solution on how to do this so it works under Windows as well?

Thanks in advance,
Armin

require 'thread'

t1 = Thread.new{
  count = 0
  loop{
    count += 1
    sleep 1
    print "T1: #{count}\n"
  }
}

t2 = Thread.new{
  loop{
    a = gets
    print "  T2: a = #{a}\n"
  }
}

t1.join
t2.join
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