import thread, sys

def main():
    print "Main Thread:", thread.get_ident()
    count = 0;
    try:
    
    while 1:
        thread.start_new_thread(test,(`count`,))
        count = count + 1;
    except:
        print "Total Threads:", count
        print "Exiting Main Thread:", thread.get_ident()
        raise

def test(input=None):
    print "count:", thread.get_ident(), input
    while 1: #keep thread alive until it breaks
        pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()