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Erlang - Ping Pong
Example of message sending in erlang.
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| %%% @author Robbie <robbie.lynch@outlook.com> | |
| %%% @copyright (C) 2013, Robbie | |
| %%% @doc | |
| %%% Program to test message passing between two processes | |
| %%% @end | |
| %%% Created : 8 Nov 2013 by Robbie <robbie.lynch@outlook.com> | |
| -module(pingpong). | |
| -export([start/0, ping/0, pong/0]). | |
| start()-> | |
| PingPid = spawn(pingpong, ping, []), | |
| PongPid = spawn(pingpong, pong, []), | |
| PingPid!{PongPid, pong}. | |
| ping()-> | |
| receive | |
| {PongPid, pong}-> io:format("pong recieved~n"), | |
| PongPid!{self(), ping} | |
| end, | |
| ping(). | |
| pong()-> | |
| receive | |
| {Pid, ping}-> io:format("ping recieved~n"), | |
| Pid!{self(), pong} | |
| end, | |
| pong(). |
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