nonlinear programming?

[Remco Gerlich]

jeremiahrogers at my-deja.com wrote in comp.lang.python:
> is there a way for me to start on a function, then
> move onto another function before that function
> ends? I am working on an mpg123 frontend, and i
> want to start a song playing, then allow the user
> to either skip that song, or perform other
> essential tasks during the time when a song is
> playing. is this possible?

You need Threading. Different threads execute 'simultaneously'.

Look in Deja to find recent posts on learning how to do threads;
and there should be something on the python.org site.

-- 
Remco Gerlich,  scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
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