[Tutor] time.sleep problems (fwd)

[D-Man]

Sure, install Linux.  Sleep works fine for me on RH7.0, Python 2.0, GCC 2.96
(you know, the devel version gcc that redhat shipped with).

-D

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 22:16:42 Glen Wheeler wrote:
 | Damn that's exactly what I wanted it to do grrrrrr...
 | 
 | By locking up I mean only the program, I have to ctrl+alt+del and then close
 | it to regain control of my system.
 | 
 | Awww this doens't mean I have to install Linux does it?  (again :)
 | 
 | I was designing for windows not Linux...there has to be a solution to this
 | problem :)
 | 
 | ----- Original Message -----
 | From: Daniel Yoo <dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
 | To: <python-help@python.org>
 | Cc: wheelege <wheelege@tsn.cc>
 | Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:11 PM
 | Subject: Re: [Tutor] time.sleep problems (fwd)
 | 
 | 
 | >
 | > Dear Glen,
 | >
 | > By locking up, do you mean your program, or the whole machine altogether?
 | > Also, this does seem to be a Windows specific thing --- I've just run your
 | > program, and this is what I get:
 | >
 | > ###
 | > Hi this is to show some thread stuff
 | >
 | > Hi! --> t
 | > prog
 | > 0
 | > prog
 | > 1
 | > 2
 | > prog
 | > prog
 | > 3
 | > prog
 | > 4
 | > prog
 | > 5
 | > prog
 | > 6
 | > prog
 | > 7
 | > prog
 | > 8
 | > prog
 | > 9
 | > ###
 | >
 | > So if it's any consolation, it's working on Linux.  *grin*  I hope one of
 | > the other helpers has access to a Win2k machine.
 | >
 | >
 | > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 | > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:59:39 +1100
 | > From: Glen Wheeler <wheelege@tsn.cc>
 | > To: Daniel Yoo <dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
 | > Subject: Re: [Tutor] time.sleep problems
 | >
 | > Sure thing.  The program is attached.
 | >
 | > It doesn't do an illegal operation anymore, it just locks up.  I added
 | > another loop to it.
 | >
 | > When I change the sleep commands around it goes funny, and the output
 | > changes.
 | >
 | > My system is an Athlon 600 Mhz with mainly standard hardware (17" monitor,
 | > big speakers, external modem, cd writer, 17GB HDD).
 | >
 | > I had no other software running.
 | >
 | > Thanks,
 | > Glen.
 | >
 | 
 | 
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