tmp.jl

import Distributed

foo_quote = quote
    function foo(name::String)::String
        id = Distributed.myid()
        return "Hello $name from $id"
    end
end

function run(num_procs::Integer)::Array{String}
    results = []
    procs = Distributed.addprocs(num_procs)
	
    try
	# Define functionality
	#
	# There's lots of equivalent ways of doing this.
	# I think probably the easiest is actually to put
	# the other definitions all in one file, and then
	# doing @spawnat proc include("file_defining_foo.jl")
	#
	# Another option is to define foo() inside of run()
	# as local variables still seem to be accessible.
	#
	# This just makes for a neat single-file example.
	for proc in procs
	    Distributed.@spawnat proc eval(foo_quote)
	end
		
	# Run functionality
    	futures = []
    	names = ["Miles" for _ in 1:length(procs)]
        for (proc, name) in zip(procs, names)
	    future = Distributed.@spawnat proc foo(name)
    	    push!(futures, future)
    	end
		
        # Get results
    	for future in futures
    	    push!(results, Distributed.fetch(future))
    	end
    finally
        Distributed.rmprocs(procs...)
    end
	
    return results
end