Simple example of threading

[Tim Peters]

[ Dirk Vleugels]
> ...
> Sadly, pthread_cancel is missing in python, dunno why.

Simply because Python supports a platform-independent model of threading,
built on top of a large variety of "native" thread offerings, and thread
cancelling is a dubious enough feature that many platform thread pkgs don't
support it.  Python can't "fake it" portably either, so tough beans <wink>.

alternatives-left-to-the-fertile-imagination-ly y'rs  - tim