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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: ☭ 2022 Emery Hemingway
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
+
+import std/asyncdispatch
+
+import syndicate
+import syndicate/protocols/simpleChatProtocol
+
+bootDataspace("main") do (ds: Ref; turn: var Turn):
+  let me = "user_a"
+  let h = publish(turn, ds, Present(username: me))
+  message(turn, ds, Says(who: me, what: "goodbye"))
+
+  onPublish(turn, ds, ?Present) do (username: string):
+    echo "presence of ", username, " asserted"
+
+  onMessage(turn, ds, ?Says) do (who: string, what: string):
+    echo who, " says ", what
+    retract(turn, h)
+    echo "retracted something"
+
+  during(turn, ds, ?Present) do (username: string):
+    echo username, " arrived"
+    retract(turn, h)
+  do:
+    echo "someone departed"
+    quit()
+
+runForever()