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Parallel
Threads

Separate user interaction and computation.

Allow your program to accept user interaction while conducting a long running computation.

Example:

Hello user! Please input a string to permute: (input thread)
abcdef
Passing on abcdef... (input thread)
Please input another string to permute: (input thread)
lol
Passing on lol... (input thread)
Done Work On abcdef! (worker thread)
["abcdef", "abcefd", ... ] (worker thread)
Please input another string to permute: (input thread)
EXIT
Quitting, I'll let my worker thread know... (input thread)
We're quitting! Alright! (worker thread)

--Notice, that this could be accomplished on the command line or within a GUI. The point is that computation and user interaction should take place on separate threads of control.
DiskEdit
fsharp
open System

/// Computes all permutations of an array
let rec permute = function
| [| |] -> [| [| |] |]
| a ->
a
|> Array.mapi (fun i ai ->
Array.sub a 0 i
|> Array.append (Array.sub a (i + 1) (a.Length - i - 1))
|> permute
|> Array.map (fun perm -> Array.append [| ai |] perm)
)
|> Array.concat

/// Computes all permutations of a string
let permuteString (s: string) =
s.ToCharArray()
|> permute
|> Array.map (fun p -> new String(p))


type PermuteMessage =
| PermuteString of string
| Cancel

let mailbox = new MailboxProcessor<PermuteMessage>(fun inbox ->
let rec loop() =
async {
let! msg = inbox.Receive()
match msg with
| PermuteString s ->
printfn "[Worker] Starting to work on %s" s
let p = permuteString s
printfn "[Worker] Done my work on %s" s
let firstElems =
if s.Length > 4 then
let first = p |> Seq.truncate 4 |> Seq.toArray
String.Join(", ", first) + ", ..."
else
String.Join(", ", p)
printfn "[Worker] Result is %s" firstElems
return! loop()
| Cancel ->
printfn "[Worker] Nuff done, I'm quitting!"
return ()
}
loop()
)

do
printfn "[Input] Setting up worker."
mailbox.Start()
let loop = ref true
while !loop do
printfn "[Input] Please enter a word, or EXIT to exit"
let s = Console.ReadLine()
match s with
| "EXIT" ->
printfn "[Input] Sending worker the cancellation notice."
mailbox.Post(Cancel)
loop := false
| _ ->
printfn "[Input] Sending task to the worker."
mailbox.Post(PermuteString s)

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