python threading

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import threading
import time

class Sleepy(threading.Thread):

    
    def run(self):
        time.sleep(5)
        print 'hello from bg thread'
 
    
 
s = Sleepy()
s.start()
# print 'The main program continues to run in foreground.'
s.join()
print 'Main program waited until background was done.'