For those that happen to have downloaded Crunchy (version 0.9x), I have posted a very simple example[1] that illustrate some properties of threads, and possible interactions between them.
http://crunchypython.blogspot.com/2007/07/unending-loops-and-magic-of-threads.html The idea of threads is something that should be accessible to anyone familiar with using a computer. However, I can not think of a simpler example in any Python environment to demonstrate 1. How threads can allow different parts of a program to work independently - in this case, two different Python interpreters. 2. How interactions between threads make certain things (like breaking of an infinite loop) possible which would not be using a single thread. Of course, the user has to take the teacher's word (or mine) for it when it is stated that the two Python interpreters are running in separate threads. André [1]... and, as is often the case, this example has uncovered a "small" bug with Crunchy which you might get to see... _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
