playing well with others (newbie question)

[Michael Esveldt]

I'm stuck with the following problem with python 1.5.2c1 on MacOS 8.6:

while 1:
    pass

grinds my system to a halt. In other languages there are commands that
give away cycles to the rest of the system and thus "playing well with
others." Is there some similar command in python? Something to replace
that pass with that allows me to do other things with my system?

Michael Esveldt