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On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Piyush Verma <114piyush@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Since two threads are running same method, I wanted to know which main thread will be interrupted in both case.

I'm no threading expert, but a process can only have one main thread,
the one you labeled "P". Threads T2 and Tt2 will both interrupt that
thread.

Skip