Threads in Applets: Good Example

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The following applet (named Good) has a computation-intensive beginning sequence, implemented as a loop that occasionally prints status. The Good applet does the right thing: Instead of putting the loop in the init() or start() method, it spins off a thread to do the computation. (Here's the source code.) Notice how quickly (compared to the Bad applet) the browser can display the applet and the rest of the page.

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