Simple Pirate queue in C++

//
// Simple Pirate queue
// This is identical to the LRU pattern, with no reliability mechanisms
// at all. It depends on the client for recovery. Runs forever.
//
// Andreas Hoelzlwimmer <ta.grebnegah-hf|remmiwlzleoh.saerdna#ta.grebnegah-hf|remmiwlzleoh.saerdna
#include "zmsg.hpp"
#include <queue>

#define MAX_WORKERS 100

int main (void)
{
s_version_assert (2, 1);

// Prepare our context and sockets
zmq::context_t context(1);
zmq::socket_t frontend (context, ZMQ_ROUTER);
zmq::socket_t backend (context, ZMQ_ROUTER);
frontend.bind("tcp://*:5555"); // For clients
backend.bind("tcp://*:5556"); // For workers

// Queue of available workers
std::queue<std::string> worker_queue;

while (1) {
zmq::pollitem_t items [] = {
{ backend, 0, ZMQ_POLLIN, 0 },
{ frontend, 0, ZMQ_POLLIN, 0 }
};
// Poll frontend only if we have available workers
if (worker_queue.size())
zmq::poll (items, 2, -1);
else
zmq::poll (items, 1, -1);

// Handle worker activity on backend
if (items [0].revents & ZMQ_POLLIN) {
zmsg zm(backend);
//zmsg_t *zmsg = zmsg_recv (backend);

// Use worker address for LRU routing
assert (worker_queue.size() < MAX_WORKERS);
worker_queue.push(zm.unwrap());

// Return reply to client if it's not a READY
if (strcmp (zm.address(), "READY") == 0)
zm.clear();
else
zm.send (frontend);
}
if (items [1].revents & ZMQ_POLLIN) {
// Now get next client request, route to next worker
zmsg zm(frontend);
// REQ socket in worker needs an envelope delimiter
zm.wrap(worker_queue.front().c_str(), "");
zm.send(backend);

// Dequeue and drop the next worker address
worker_queue.pop();
}
}
// We never exit the main loop
return 0;
}