From: "Lars M." <lars-m@...>
Date: 2003-01-22T02:35:06+09:00
Subject: Re: [Threads + Sockets] Strange behavior

Excellent! Thanks so much! I would have never guessed that it is too fast to
allow another thread to get started.

Thanks again,

-Lars

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Hickman" <peter@semantico.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Threads + Sockets] Strange behavior


> I modified your code to include a rescue clause and of course got a
> whole load of...
>
> start
> failed
> done
>
> Then I set the socket to a valid address and got a whole load of
>
> start
> done
>
> So it would seem that your code works but perhaps too fast between the
> socket open and close for the other thread to get started. So I added a
> sleep 5 between the open and close.
>
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> start
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
> done
>
> So the problem with your code is that the operation of opening the
> socket and closing it is too fast to allow another thread to get started
> giving the appearance of serial execution.
>
> You are learning fast!
>
>