;;;; Example of using a mutex to synchronize summing of a variable by multiple threads. (import (scheme base) (scheme read) (scheme write) (cyclone concurrent) (srfi 18)) (define m (make-mutex)) (define *sum* 0.0) (define (sum-loop n) (mutex-lock! m) (set! *sum* (+ *sum* 1)) (mutex-unlock! m) ;(swap! *sum* + 1) (if (zero? n) (display "thread done\n") (sum-loop (- n 1)))) (define (sum-entry-pt) (sum-loop (* 100 100 100))) ;; Thread - Do something, then let main thread know when we are done (define t1 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t2 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t3 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t4 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t5 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t6 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t7 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t8 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (define t9 (make-thread sum-entry-pt)) (thread-start! t1) (thread-start! t2) (thread-start! t3) (thread-start! t4) (thread-start! t5) (thread-start! t6) (thread-start! t7) (thread-start! t8) (thread-start! t9) (thread-join! t1) (thread-join! t2) (thread-join! t3) (thread-join! t4) (thread-join! t5) (thread-join! t6) (thread-join! t7) (thread-join! t8) (thread-join! t9) (display "main thread done, sum = ") (mutex-lock! m) (display *sum*) (newline) (mutex-unlock! m)