# Huh, setting up a minimal client server example with threads is... surprisingly
# easy:
import std/os

var
  commChan: Channel[string]
  sender: Thread[void]
  receiver: Thread[void]

proc setupSender() =
  echo "Type in a message to send to the Backend!"
  proc sendMsg() =
    while true:
      let terminalInput = readLine(stdin)
      echo "Sending message from Frontend from thread ", getThreadId(), ": ",
terminalInput
      commChan.send(terminalInput)

  createThread(sender, sendMsg)

proc setupReceiver() =
  proc recvMsg() =
    while true:
      let msg: string = commChan.recv()
      echo "Received message at Backend on Thread: ", getThreadId(), " :", msg

  createThread(receiver, recvMsg)

proc main() =
  commChan.open()
  setupSender()
  setupReceiver()
  joinThreads(sender, receiver)

main()