11.2.6 Example

The following example allows two (or more) multiplication tables to be printed out simultaneously.

First, the function to print out a multiplication table.

(in-package "USER")

(defun print-table (number total stream)
(do ((i 1 (+ i 1)))
((> i total))
 (format stream "~S X ~S = ~S~%" number i (* i number))
 (mp:process-allow-scheduling)))

Note the use ofmp:process-allow-scheduling to allow the process to be interrupted once during each iteration of the do loop.

Now we define the function that callsprint-table within multiprocessing:

(defun process-print-table (name number total)
  (mp:process-run-function name nil
    #'print-table number total *standard-output*))

Thenil argument is used because no keywords are specified.

process-print-table can now be called from two separate Listener windows to print out different multiplication tables simultaneously, for example:

(process-print-table "t1" 5 50)

in one Listener and:

(process-print-table "t2" 6 50)

in another Listener.

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LispWorks User Guide - 14 Oct 1998

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