use strict; use warnings; use threads; use Foo::Inbox4; use List::Util 'shuffle'; my @names = shuffle qw/ Barny Betty Fred Wilma /; my $inbox = Foo::Inbox4->new( @names ); my $index = 0; $| = 1; sub foo { my $name = shift; my $count = 0; # remove my name from the list @names = grep { $_ ne $name } shuffle @names; # send greeting to names on the list $inbox->send($name, \@names, 'Hello'); while ( my ($from, $data) = $inbox->recv($name) ) { printf "%-5s received %s from %s\n", $name, $data->[0], $from; # forward the message to another worker $inbox->send($name, $names[ ++$index % @names ], $data->[0]) if ( $from eq 'manager' ); } } threads->create(\&foo, $_) for @names; # Enter message or type quit to terminate the script. while ( my $msg = ) { chomp $msg; next unless ( length $msg ); $inbox->end(), last() if ( $msg eq 'quit' ); $inbox->send('manager', $names[ ++$index % @names ], $msg); } $_->join() for threads->list();