from threading import Thread
from time import sleep
from Queue import Queue
 
def firstresult(*functions):
    queue = Queue()
    threads = [] 
    for f in functions:
        def thread_main():
            queue.put(f())
        thread = Thread(target=thread_main)
        threads.append(thread)
        thread.start()
    result = queue.get()
    return result
 
def slow():
    sleep(1)
    return 42 
 
def fast():
    return 0
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    print firstresult(slow, fast)

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