-module(translate).
-export([loop/0]).


% Invoke with: Pid = spawn(fun translate:loop/0).
% Send messages with: Pid ! "message".
% This is async with no return value.
loop() ->
    receive
        % "receive" is a control structure that defines what "messages" we respond to
        "casa" ->
            io:format("house~n"),
            loop(); % And each entry must make sure that we start the loop again
            % If we had a "quit" message then it just wouldn't call loop()
            % Because of the way that tail recursion works then calling this last
            % has almost no overhead, but doing it in the middle would.
        "blanca" ->
            io:format("white~n"),
            loop();
        _ ->
            io:format("*blank stare*~n"),
            loop()
end.