cyclone/examples/threading/sum-nosync.scm
2019-06-13 13:19:15 -04:00

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;;;; Example of using multiple threads to sum a variable without synchronization.
;;;; Returns inconsistent and wrong results due to a lack of thread coordination.
(import (scheme base)
(scheme read)
(scheme write)
(srfi 18))
(define *sum* 0)
(define (sum-loop n)
(set! *sum* (+ *sum* 1))
(if (zero? n)
'done
(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))
(thread-start! t1)
(thread-start! t2)
(thread-start! t3)
(thread-start! t4)
(thread-start! t5)
(thread-start! t6)
(thread-join! t1)
(thread-join! t2)
(thread-join! t3)
(thread-join! t4)
(thread-join! t5)
(thread-join! t6)
(display "main thread done, sum = ")
(display *sum*)
(newline)