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playground.rs

use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;

// Yay multithreading!
// all examples stolen shamelessly from the Rust book


// my first thread example
fn main() {

    // spawn a SINGLE THREAD! and return the TID
    let handle = thread::spawn(|| { 
        for i in 1..10 {
            println!("hi number {} from the spawned thread!", i);
            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1));
        }
    });

    // handle.join().unwrap(); // call join() to block on spawned thread

    for i in 1..5 {
        println!("hi number {} from the main thread!", i);
        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1));
    }
}