t1 = Thread.new { loop {} }
t2 = Thread.new { sleep 5 }
t3 = Thread.new { Thread.stop }
t4 = Thread.new { Thread.exit }
t5 = Thread.new { raise "exception" }
puts s1 = t1.status # "run"
puts s2 = t2.status # "sleep"
puts s3 = t3.status # "sleep"
puts s4 = t4.status # false
puts s5 = t5.status # nil