public class MyThread : Object { public int x_times { get; private set; } public MyThread (int times) { this.x_times = times; } public int run () { for (int i = 0; i < this.x_times; i++) { stdout.printf ("ping! %d/%d\n", i + 1, this.x_times); Thread.usleep (10000); } // return & exit have the same effect Thread.exit (42); return 43; } } public static int main (string[] args) { // Check whether threads are supported: if (Thread.supported () == false) { stderr.printf ("Threads are not supported!\n"); return -1; } try { // Start a thread: MyThread my_thread = new MyThread (10); Thread thread = new Thread.try ("My fst. thread", my_thread.run); // Wait until thread finishes: int result = thread.join (); // Output: `Thread stopped! Return value: 42` stdout.printf ("Thread stopped! Return value: %d\n", result); } catch (Error e) { stdout.printf ("Error: %s\n", e.message); } return 0; }