Simple threading in Python 2.6 using thread.start_new_thread()

Question

I\'m following a tutorial on simple threading. They give this example and when I try to use it I\'m getting unintelligible errors from the interpreter. Can you please tell m

Answer 1

I tried it in Python 2.5 on a mac, after changing

except Exception as errtxt:

to

except Exception, errtxt:

The program did not throw an exception but also did not print anything. Not sure if that is helpful, but I do find it curious...