proc setupSender(commChan: var Channel[string]): Thread[ptr Channel[string]] =
  echo "Type in a message to send to the Backend!"
  proc sendMsg(commChan: ptr Channel[string]) =
    when true:
      let terminalInput = "Hello world"
      echo "Sending message from frontend from thread ", getThreadId(), ": ", terminalInput
      commChan[].send(terminalInput)

  createThread(result, sendMsg, commChan.addr)

proc setupReceiver(commChan: var Channel[string]): Thread[ptr Channel[string]] =
  proc recvMsg(commChan: ptr Channel[string]) =
    when true:
      let msg: string = commChan[].recv()
      echo "Received message at backend on thread ", getThreadId(), ": ", msg

  createThread(result, recvMsg, commChan.addr)

proc main() =
  var commChan: Channel[string]
  commChan.open()
  let
    sender = setupSender(commChan)
    receiver = setupReceiver(commChan)
  joinThreads(sender, receiver)

main()