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From: Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Threads, waiting for last one to finish
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:58:09 -0800
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On 1/13/2013 10:38 AM, Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 12.01.2013 06:19, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> On 1/11/2013 1:56 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>> I have 25 threads that start at once. I need to wait until the last
>>> one completes. Is there a better way to handle that than using a
>>> ThreadPoolExecutor which seems overkill.
>>>
>>
>> You can always join() them.
>
> I am surprised that this got just one mention so far.

Me too :-).

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Knute Johnson