Thanks to all for the responses. I've never used threading, but from some initial googling it appears that it can indeed by tricky and there seem to be numerous recommendations against killing threads or processes.
I'll explore the socket request libraries mentioned by several to see if that does the trick. Many thanks! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
