small threading example

baby_thread.py

# http://www.neotitans.com/resources/python/python-threads-multithreading-tutorial.html
import sys
import time
import random
import threading

def worker(name):
    print 'I am %s and starting now' % name 
    wait = random.randint(2,7)
    time.sleep(wait)
    print 'I am %s and waited %d seconds' % (name, wait)
    sys.stdout.flush()

t1 = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=('thread 1',))
t2 = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=('thread 2',))
t3 = threading.Thread(target=worker, args=('thread 3',))


t1.start()
t2.start()
t3.start()