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open System | |
open System.Net | |
open System.Threading | |
[<EntryPoint>] | |
let main _ = | |
let url = "http://www.google.com" | |
let (>>=) (asyncBlock: Async<'a>) (f: 'a -> Async<'b>) = | |
async { | |
let! v = asyncBlock | |
return! f v | |
} | |
let (>=>) f g x = | |
f x >>= g | |
let getWebResponse () = | |
async { | |
let req = WebRequest.Create(Uri(url)) | |
return! req.AsyncGetResponse () | |
} | |
let readResponseAsString (response: WebResponse) = | |
async { | |
use stream = response.GetResponseStream() | |
use reader = new IO.StreamReader(stream) | |
return reader.ReadToEnd() | |
} | |
let f = | |
getWebResponse | |
>=> readResponseAsString | |
>=> fun s -> async { printfn "%s" s } | |
>> Async.Start | |
f () | |
getWebResponse () >>= (fun _ -> async { printfn "Ignoring the web response and just printing." }) |> Async.Start | |
printfn "Where do I print?" | |
Thread.Sleep 1000000 // Don't kill the main program thread while we are doing the async stuff | |
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