#!/usr/bin/env newlisp

; demo use spawn and sync for
; aysnchronous HTTP get-url requests

(set 'start (time-of-day))

; callback routine when page is finished
(define (page-ready pid) 
	(println "pid:" pid) 
    (println "received: " (length page) " bytes"))

; start fetching page, will return immediately
(spawn 'page (get-url "http://www.yahoo.com")) 

; specify call back, wait and do something else
(until (true? (sync 100 page-ready) )
	(println  (- (time-of-day) start) " ms"))

; all done
(exit)


