The thread example also works with an implementation of "dummy-threads".

Try this:

import 
    threading, 
    time

starttime = time.time() + 60

def test():
    print(time.asctime())
    if time.time() < starttime:
        threading.Timer(5, test).start()

test()

Run this. You should be able to use the console while in a 5 second interval something is written to the console (date/time). If nothing shows up, threads are there but not working. If you see something, you are able to use "threaded async".

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