From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-09-10T23:32:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between "sleep()" and "Thread.stop"?

2008/9/10 Iņaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>:
> 2008/9/10, Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>:
>> 2008/9/10 Iņaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>:
>>
>> > Hi, is there any difference between doing:
>>  >
>>  >  sleep
>>  >
>>  > and:
>>  >
>>  >  Thread.stop
>>
>> #sleep resumes automatically after a given time, #stop does not.
>
> Object#sleep doesn't resume if there is not parameter:
>  sleep  # This sleeps forever

I wasn't aware of that.  Learn something new every day. Thanks!

> So, which difference exists between Object#sleep (with no parameter)
> and Thread#stop ?

Well, #stop does not accept a time parameter, does it? ;-)

Cheers

robert

-- 
use.inject do |as, often| as.you_can - without end