# example program: communicating between routines using channels recipe producer [ # produce numbers 1 to 5 on a channel local-scope chan:address:channel <- next-ingredient # n = 0 n:number <- copy 0 { done?:boolean <- lesser-than n, 5 break-unless done? # other threads might get between these prints $print [produce: ], n, [ ] chan:address:channel <- write chan, n n <- add n, 1 loop } ] recipe consumer [ # consume and print integers from a channel local-scope chan:address:channel <- next-ingredient { # read an integer from the channel n:number, chan:address:channel <- read chan # other threads might get between these prints $print [consume: ], n:number, [ ] loop } ] recipe main [ local-scope chan:address:channel <- new-channel 3 # create two background 'routines' that communicate by a channel routine1:number <- start-running producer:recipe, chan routine2:number <- start-running consumer:recipe, chan wait-for-routine routine1 wait-for-routine routine2 ]