recipe producer [
# produce numbers 1 to 5 on a channel
default-space:address:array:location <- new location:type, 30:literal
chan:address:channel <- next-ingredient
# n = 0
n:integer <- copy 0:literal
{
done?:boolean <- lesser-than n:integer, 5:literal
break-unless done?:boolean
# other threads might get between these prints
$print [produce: ], n:integer, [
]
chan:address:channel <- write chan:address:channel, n:integer
n:integer <- add n:integer, 1:literal
loop
}
]
recipe consumer [
# consume and print integers from a channel
default-space:address:array:location <- new location:type, 30:literal
chan:address:channel <- next-ingredient
{
# read an integer from the channel
n:integer, chan:address:channel <- read chan:address:channel
# other threads might get between these prints
$print [consume: ], n:integer, [
]
loop
}
]
recipe main [
default-space:address:array:location <- new location:type, 30:literal
chan:address:channel <- init-channel 3:literal
# create two background 'routines' that communicate by a channel
routine1:integer <- start-running consumer:recipe, chan:address:channel
routine2:integer <- start-running producer:recipe, chan:address:channel
]