Robert Klemme wrote: > Jacek Olszak <jacekolszak / o2.pl> wrote: >> >> >> Unfortunelty "gets" block my whole application - the "b" thread waits >> until user writes something to the stdin. But I want the b thread not >> wait and run at the same time. >> >> Thanks >> Jacek > > I'm not sure what you're up to in the end but I'd start with commenting > Thread.pass. Ruby normally schedules threads automatically and thus you > usually don't need Thread.pass. And btw, you can do $stdout.sync=true - > which removes the necessity of invoking flush. > > Ah, and another note: the first thread blocks the whole app until you > enter > something simply because it's joined on. The main thread won't exit > until > you enter something. > > HTH > > robert First of all... thanks for help. I've set sync to true and remove Thread.pass. (but as you said these things won't fix the problem). So I've removed _a.join_ call and now everything works! (but wait a second - only on my newly installed linux :(, on windows works only with Bill solution) Regards Jacek -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.