Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.5 RC1 (Build 20081016235259)
Java: 1.6.0_10-rc2; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.0-b15
System: Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86; Cp1252; en_IN (nb)

If a python program with the following code is run, then python debugger does not stop the "python.exe" process, after 
the debugger has been stopped.

#!/usr/bin/env python

import time
import thread

def myfunction(string,sleeptime,lock,*args):
    while 1:
	#entering critical section
        lock.acquire()
        print string," Now Sleeping after Lock acquired for ",sleeptime
        time.sleep(sleeptime)
        print string," Now releasing lock and then sleeping again"
        lock.release()
	#exiting critical section
        time.sleep(sleeptime) # why?

if __name__=="__main__":

    lock=thread.allocate_lock()
    thread.start_new_thread(myfunction,("Thread No:1",2,lock))
    thread.start_new_thread(myfunction,("Thread No:2",2,lock))

    while 1:pass