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+USING: accessors destructors kernel math math.order namespaces
+system threads ;
+IN: game-loop
+
+TUPLE: game-loop
+    { tick-length integer read-only }
+    delegate
+    { last-tick integer }
+    thread 
+    { running? boolean }
+    { tick-number integer }
+    { frame-number integer }
+    { benchmark-time integer }
+    { benchmark-tick-number integer }
+    { benchmark-frame-number integer } ;
+
+GENERIC: tick* ( delegate -- )
+GENERIC: draw* ( tick-slice delegate -- )
+
+SYMBOL: game-loop
+
+: since-last-tick ( loop -- milliseconds )
+    last-tick>> millis swap - ;
+
+: tick-slice ( loop -- slice )
+    [ since-last-tick ] [ tick-length>> ] bi /f 1.0 min ;
+
+CONSTANT: MAX-FRAMES-TO-SKIP 5
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: redraw ( loop -- )
+    [ 1+ ] change-frame-number
+    [ tick-slice ] [ delegate>> ] bi draw* ;
+
+: tick ( loop -- )
+    delegate>> tick* ;
+
+: increment-tick ( loop -- )
+    [ 1+ ] change-tick-number
+    dup tick-length>> [ + ] curry change-last-tick
+    drop ;
+
+: ?tick ( loop count -- )
+    dup zero? [ drop millis >>last-tick drop ] [
+        over [ since-last-tick ] [ tick-length>> ] bi >=
+        [ [ drop increment-tick ] [ drop tick ] [ 1- ?tick ] 2tri ]
+        [ 2drop ] if
+    ] if ;
+
+: (run-loop) ( loop -- )
+    dup running?>>
+    [ [ MAX-FRAMES-TO-SKIP ?tick ] [ redraw ] [ yield (run-loop) ] tri ]
+    [ drop ] if ;
+
+: run-loop ( loop -- )
+    dup game-loop [ (run-loop) ] with-variable ;
+
+: benchmark-millis ( loop -- millis )
+    millis swap benchmark-time>> - ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+: reset-loop-benchmark ( loop -- )
+    millis >>benchmark-time
+    dup tick-number>> >>benchmark-tick-number
+    dup frame-number>> >>benchmark-frame-number
+    drop ;
+
+: benchmark-ticks-per-second ( loop -- n )
+    [ tick-number>> ] [ benchmark-tick-number>> - ] [ benchmark-millis ] tri /f ;
+: benchmark-frames-per-second ( loop -- n )
+    [ frame-number>> ] [ benchmark-frame-number>> - ] [ benchmark-millis ] tri /f ;
+
+: start-loop ( loop -- )
+    millis >>last-tick
+    t >>running?
+    [ reset-loop-benchmark ]
+    [ [ run-loop ] curry "game loop" spawn ]
+    [ (>>thread) ] tri ;
+
+: stop-loop ( loop -- )
+    f >>running?
+    f >>thread
+    drop ;
+
+: <game-loop> ( tick-length delegate -- loop )
+    millis f f 0 0 millis 0 0
+    game-loop boa ;
+
+M: game-loop dispose
+    stop-loop ;
+