From: Matt Pattison <mfp@...>
Date: 2002-08-01T16:35:25+09:00
Subject: "gets" blocking process not thread (in Windows only)

The problem with my program is that (in Windows) gets seems to block the entire
process rather than just the current thread. This program works as expected in
linux, with the poll and process threads running continuously whilst the input 
thread is waiting for user input. In windows however all threads appear to halt
as soon as the gets line is reached in the input thread, and only continue once 
user input has been given. Can anyone help?   
Thanks.

Matt

#This is my program simplified

	$input = Thread.new {
		while true
			command = gets.chomp
#				        ^^^^
			do_something command
		end	
	}

	$poll = Thread.new {
		while true
			read_data_from_socket_into_queue
		end
	}

	$process = Thread.new {
		while true
			process_data_from_queue
		end
	}