Thread Python

import thread                                   
exitstat = 0 
def child():
    global exitstat
    exitstat = exitstat + 1
    threadid = thread.get_ident()
    print 'Child #:', threadid, exitstat
    thread.exit()
    print 'never reached'
def parent():
    while 1:
        thread.start_new_thread(child, ())
        if raw_input() == 'q': break
parent()