gistfile1.rb

# Why did I ever write this?

require 'rubygems'
require 'eventmachine'

module MyClient
  def receive_data data
    puts "Got back: #{data}"
  end

  def unbind
    puts "terminated connection"
  end
end

EM.run {
  EM.epoll
  Signal.trap("INT") { EM.stop }
  client = EM.connect "0.0.0.0", 10000, MyClient
  EM.add_timer(2) { puts "a"; client.send_data Marshal.dump({:a => 1}) }
  EM.add_timer(2) { puts "b"; client.send_data Marshal.dump({:b => 2}) }
  EM.add_timer(2.1) { puts "c"; client.send_data Marshal.dump({:c => 3}) }
}
puts "END END END"