DmitrySoshnikov · July 25, 2011 08:18
diff --git a/primitive-process.html b/primitive-process.html
 <html>
 <head>
  <title>Process</title>
  <style type="text/css">
    #p-0 {color: green;}
    #p-1 {color: blue;}
    .p {
      float: left;
      width: 300px;
      border: 1px solid #CCC;
      margin: 5px;
      padding: 5px;
    }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <div id="p-0" class="p"></div>
  <div id="p-1" class="p"></div>

  <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

    /**
     * Process constructor (implements Actor model)
     * @param {Object} state - contains the process state,
     * including `receiver` property - main receiving "loop"
     */
    function Process(state) {
      for (var k in state) {
        this[k] = state[k];
      }
      this.activator = this.activator.bind(this);
      this.pid = Process.pid++;
    }

    /**
     * Sends a message to this Actor (process)
     * asynchronously. Receive is scheduled
     * by the host environment's (browser)
     * setTimeout implementation, so really, the
     * simplest and primitive version of processes.
     */
    Process.prototype.send = function () {
      this.message = arguments;
      setTimeout(this.activator, 0);
    };

    /**
     * Activates the receiver in context of the process
     */
    Process.prototype.activator = function () {
      this.receiver.apply(this, this.message);
    };

    Process.prototype.toString = function () {
      return '#' + this.pid;
    };

    /**
     * Process ids counter
     */
    Process.pid = 0;

    /**
     * Helper wrapper to create a process
     */
    function spawn(receiver) {
      return new Process({receiver: receiver})
    }
  </script>

  <script type="text/javascript">

    var processes = [];
    var value = 'ping';
    var n = 0;

    // Create two actor-processes with the same receiving "loop"
    // Both send "ping" or "pong" message to each other
    for (var k = 0; k < 2; k++) {

      // receiver accepts a message in format [from, message]
      // where from - is the process which sends the message
      processes[k] = spawn(function ([from, message]) {

        var formattedMessage = [
          'Process <strong>', this,
          '</strong> got <strong>"', message,
          '"</strong> from process <strong>' + from,
          '</strong>. N: ', n, '</br>'
        ].join('');

        this.block.innerHTML += formattedMessage;

        // continue up to 100 messages
        if (n < 100) {
          from.send([this, swapValue(value)]);
          n++;
        }

      });

      // each process can additionally have
      // any other helper state properties
      processes[k].block = document.getElementById('p-' + k);

    }

    function swapValue() {
      return (value = value == 'ping' ? 'pong' : 'ping');
    }

    // p-1 starts the ping-pong game,
    // sending "ping" to p0
    processes[0].send([processes[1], value]);

  </script>
 </body>
 </html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Process</title>
	<style type="text/css">
	#p-0 {color: green;}
	#p-1 {color: blue;}
	.p {
	float: left;
	width: 300px;
	border: 1px solid #CCC;
	margin: 5px;
	padding: 5px;
	}
	</style>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div id="p-0" class="p"></div>
	<div id="p-1" class="p"></div>

	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

	/**
	* Process constructor (implements Actor model)
	* @param {Object} state - contains the process state,
	* including `receiver` property - main receiving "loop"
	*/
	function Process(state) {
	for (var k in state) {
	this[k] = state[k];
	}
	this.activator = this.activator.bind(this);
	this.pid = Process.pid++;
	}

	/**
	* Sends a message to this Actor (process)
	* asynchronously. Receive is scheduled
	* by the host environment's (browser)
	* setTimeout implementation, so really, the
	* simplest and primitive version of processes.
	*/
	Process.prototype.send = function () {
	this.message = arguments;
	setTimeout(this.activator, 0);
	};

	/**
	* Activates the receiver in context of the process
	*/
	Process.prototype.activator = function () {
	this.receiver.apply(this, this.message);
	};

	Process.prototype.toString = function () {
	return '#' + this.pid;
	};

	/**
	* Process ids counter
	*/
	Process.pid = 0;

	/**
	* Helper wrapper to create a process
	*/
	function spawn(receiver) {
	return new Process({receiver: receiver})
	}
	</script>

	<script type="text/javascript">

	var processes = [];
	var value = 'ping';
	var n = 0;

	// Create two actor-processes with the same receiving "loop"
	// Both send "ping" or "pong" message to each other
	for (var k = 0; k < 2; k++) {

	// receiver accepts a message in format [from, message]
	// where from - is the process which sends the message
	processes[k] = spawn(function ([from, message]) {

	var formattedMessage = [
	'Process <strong>', this,
	'</strong> got <strong>"', message,
	'"</strong> from process <strong>' + from,
	'</strong>. N: ', n, '</br>'
	].join('');

	this.block.innerHTML += formattedMessage;

	// continue up to 100 messages
	if (n < 100) {
	from.send([this, swapValue(value)]);
	n++;
	}

	});

	// each process can additionally have
	// any other helper state properties
	processes[k].block = document.getElementById('p-' + k);

	}

	function swapValue() {
	return (value = value == 'ping' ? 'pong' : 'ping');
	}

	// p-1 starts the ping-pong game,
	// sending "ping" to p0
	processes[0].send([processes[1], value]);

	</script>
	</body>
	</html>