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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def start(self):
 """Open sockets to the server and start threads"""

        if not self.writeThread.isAlive() and not self.readThread.isAlive():
            self.client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            self.client.connect(self.ADDR)
            self.running = True
            self.writeThread.start()
            self.readThread.start()