# HG changeset patch
# User IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk>
# Date 1517689547 0
# Node ID 5860845f5dacdd226053fe06e44b28b6aa232ffc
# Parent  2df568aae5157c65a92364f80a9888afee5f4063
Create module with synchronous translation and notes on how to run

diff -r 2df568aae515 -r 5860845f5dac 5-Erlang/translate_sync.erl
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/5-Erlang/translate_sync.erl	Sat Feb 03 20:25:47 2018 +0000
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+-module(translate_sync).
+-export([loop/0]).
+-export([translate/2]).
+
+% Invoke with: Pid = spawn(fun translate_sync:loop/0).
+% Send messages with: translate_sync:translate(Pid, Word).
+% This is sync with no return value.
+loop() ->
+    receive
+        { Pid, "casa" } ->
+            Pid ! "house",
+            loop();
+        { Pid, "blanca" } ->
+            Pid ! "white",
+            loop();
+        { Pid, _ } ->
+            Pid ! "*blank stare*",
+            loop()
+end.
+
+translate(To, Word) ->
+    To ! { self(), Word },
+    receive
+        Translation -> io:format("~s~n", [Translation])
+    end.
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