Index: trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test6.py
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diff --git a/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test6.py b/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test6.py
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+import threading
+import datetime
+
+class ThreadClass(threading.Thread):
+
+    def run(self):
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        print "%s says Hello World at time: %s" % (self.getName(), now)
+
+for i in range(2):
+  t = ThreadClass()
+  t.start()
Index: trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test7.py
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diff --git a/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test7.py b/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test7.py
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+import urllib2
+import time
+
+hosts = ["http://yahoo.com", "http://google.com", "http://amazon.com",
+"http://ibm.com", "http://apple.com"]
+
+start = time.time()
+#grabs urls of hosts and prints first 1024 bytes of page
+for host in hosts:
+  url = urllib2.urlopen(host)
+  print url.read(1024)
+
+print "Elapsed Time: %s" % (time.time() - start)
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Index: trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test8.py
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diff --git a/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test8.py b/trunk/absroot/source/abspy/test/threading/test8.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import Queue
+import threading
+import urllib2
+import time
+  
+hosts = ["http://yahoo.com", "http://google.com", "http://amazon.com",
+         "http://ibm.com", "http://apple.com"]
+  
+queue = Queue.Queue()
+  
+class ThreadUrl(threading.Thread):
+    """Threaded Url Grab"""
+    def __init__(self, queue):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.queue = queue
+  
+    def run(self):
+      while True:
+        #grabs host from queue
+        host = self.queue.get()
+
+        #grabs urls of hosts and prints first 1024 bytes of page
+        url = urllib2.urlopen(host)
+        print url.read(1024)
+    
+        #signals to queue job is done
+        self.queue.task_done()
+  
+start = time.time()
+    
+def main():
+    #spawn a pool of threads, and pass them queue instance 
+    for i in range(5):
+        t = ThreadUrl(queue)
+        t.setDaemon(True)
+        t.start()
+   #populate queue with data   
+        for host in hosts:
+            queue.put(host)
+    queue.join()
+  
+main()
+print "Elapsed Time: %s" % (time.time() - start)
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