[Tutor] How to deal with a thread that doesn't terminate

[Tony Cappellini]

On Feb 19, 2008 2:02 PM, bob gailer <bgailer at alum.rpi.edu> wrote:
> Tony Cappellini wrote:
> > When I executing a program external to the main program in a thread,
> > and that thread hangs, can the thread be terminated?
> >
> Please define "hangs".

> AFAIK that could mean waiting on an external event / signal /
> communication that never happens, or running in an "infinite loop". So
> which is it or is it something else?

Never happens.