#!/usr/bin/python import thread, time def work(): j = 0.0 for i in xrange(10000000): j = j + j/2.0 def child(tid): print "%d start" % tid work() print "%d stop" % tid def parent(): i = 0 while True: i += 1 thread.start_new(child, (i,)) if raw_input() == 'q': break parent()