From: Sam Duncan Date: 2011-10-12T05:28:20+09:00 Subject: Re: scheduler and thread On 12/10/11 09:24, lover ruby wrote: > Sam Duncan wrote in post #1026126: >> On 12/10/11 05:04, lover ruby wrote: >>>> Then you must not #join in the method that start the thread as Sam >>> 1318348633 >>> 1318348638 >>> 1318348643 >>> 1318348633 >>> 1318348638 >>> 1318348643 >>> ..........Forever, always print out number every 5 seconds >>> >> Can you explain what you mean by "still need sleep 20"? >> >> Sam > Hi Sam > I understand now. The reason I said "still need sleep 20" was: > > I had experience with GUI application which is always on. So there was > no need for sleep command. > > But now I have a cmd (Windows DOS, xterm) application which terminates > at the last command. The only way to keep program alive is sleep > command. So to keep it alive forever, I change sleep 20 to sleep. > > It is really my fault; I did think in GUI world for cmd world. > Thanks for help, Sam. I apply your advanced Timer class in my program. > > Ruby lover. > Oh, I think I understand now =] glhf Sam