newlisp/qa-specific-tests/qa-pipefork

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#!/usr/bin/newlisp
#
# two forked processes communicating via pipes
(when (find ostype '("Windows"))
(println "fork not available on Windows")
(exit))
(println)
(println "Testing/benchmarking pipes with forked processes")
(set 'start (time-of-day))
(set 'N 1000)
(define (count-down-proc x channel)
(while (!= x 0)
(write-line channel (string x))
(dec x)))
(define (observer-proc channel)
(do-until (= i "1")
(print "read " (setq i (read-line channel)) "\r")
))
(map set '(in out) (pipe))
(set 'observer (fork (observer-proc in)))
(set 'counter (fork (count-down-proc N out)))
; avoid zombies
(wait-pid observer)
(wait-pid counter)
(println ">>>>> " (div (- (time-of-day) start) N)
" ms per write->read pipe/fork (0.0356 ms Mac OSX, 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo)")
(exit)