12. Example: Creating a thread

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  public class Main
  {
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
          Thread ct = Thread.currentThread();
          System.out.println( ct.getName() + " started" );
  
          // create the IO thread
          Thread worker = new IOThread();
  
          // start the IO thread
          worker.start();
             
          System.out.println(
              ct.getName() + " started " + 
              worker.getName()
              );
          
          System.out.println( ct.getName() + " finished" );
      }
  }//class Main