import threading,time

import cocoaGui

def threda():

cocoaGui.main()

def thredb():

time.sleep(3)

print 'thread b'

background2 = threading.Thread(target=threda)

background2.start()

print 'The main program continues to run in foreground.'

#background.join() # Wait for the background task to finish

print 'Main program waited until background was done.'