misc/cgo/gmp/fib.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Compute Fibonacci numbers with two goroutines
// that pass integers back and forth.  No actual
// concurrency, just threads and synchronization
// and foreign code on multiple pthreads.

package main

import (
	big "gmp";
	"runtime";
)

func fibber(c chan *big.Int, out chan string, n int64) {
	// Keep the fibbers in dedicated operating system
	// threads, so that this program tests coordination
	// between pthreads and not just goroutines.
	runtime.LockOSThread();

	i := big.NewInt(n);
	if n == 0 {
		c <- i;
	}
	for {
		j := <-c;
		out <- j.String();
		i.Add(i, j);
		c <- i;
	}
}

func main() {
	c := make(chan *big.Int);
	out := make(chan string);
	go fibber(c, out, 0);
	go fibber(c, out, 1);
	for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
		println(<-out);
	}
}