Synchronized publisher in Clojure

(ns syncpub
(:refer-clojure :exclude [send])
(:require [zhelpers :as mq]))

;;
;; Synchronized publisher
;;
;; Isaiah Peng <moc.liamg|airassi#moc.liamg|airassi>

(defn -main []
(let [ctx (mq/context 1)
publisher (mq/socket ctx mq/pub)
syncservice (mq/socket ctx mq/rep)
subscribers-expected 10]
(mq/bind publisher "tcp://*:5561")
(mq/bind syncservice "tcp://*:5562")
;; Get synchronization from subscribers
(println "Waiting for subscribers")
(dotimes [i subscribers-expected]
;; - wait for synchronization request
(mq/recv syncservice)
;; - send synchronization reply
(mq/send syncservice "\u0000"))
;; Now broadcast exactly 1M updates followed by END
(println "Broadicasting messages")
(dotimes [i 1000000]
(mq/send publisher "Rhubarb\u0000"))
(mq/send publisher "END\u0000")
(.close publisher)
(.close syncservice)
(.term ctx)))