Simple python threading example

hello_threads.py

# from: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-threadingpython/

import threading, datetime

class ThreadClass(threading.Thread):
  def run(self):
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    
    # self.getName() returns the thread's identifier, e.g. "Thread-1"
    print "%s says hello at time %s" % (self.getName(), now)


for i in range(2):
  t = ThreadClass()
  t.start()