Regardless, very cool!
io fn starve_main(chan[int] alive) {
log "signalling main";
alive <| 1;
log "starving main";
let int i = 0;
while (true) {
i += 1;
}
}`io fn`, there were three effects: io, state, and unsafe. There was also pure, for functions with no effect.
chan for channels. <| was a "semi-synchronous message send," it blocked if the queue was full.
square brackets for generics
int was two's compliment signed integer with machine dependent size
log for printing to the screen