package main import "fmt" var battle = make(chan string) func warrior(name string, done chan struct{}) { select { case opponent := <-battle: fmt.Printf("%s beat %s\n", name, opponent) case battle <- name: // I lost :-( } done <- struct{}{} } func main() { done := make(chan struct{}) langs := []string{"Go", "C", "C++", "Java", "Perl", "Python"} for _, l := range langs { go warrior(l, done) } for range langs { <-done } }