Parallel task worker with kill signaling in Ruby

#
# Task worker - design 2
# Adds pub-sub flow to receive and respond to kill signal
#

require 'rubygems'
require 'ffi-rzmq'

context = ZMQ::Context.new(1)

# Socket to receive messages on
receiver = context.socket(ZMQ::PULL)
receiver.connect("tcp://localhost:5557")

# Socket to send messages to
sender = context.socket(ZMQ::PUSH)
sender.connect("tcp://localhost:5558")

# Socket for control input
controller = context.socket(ZMQ::SUB)
controller.connect("tcp://localhost:5559")
controller.setsockopt(ZMQ::SUBSCRIBE,"")

# Process messages from receiver and controller
poller = ZMQ::Poller.new()
poller.register(receiver,ZMQ::POLLIN)
poller.register(controller,ZMQ::POLLIN)

# Process tasks forever
while true
items = poller.poll()
poller.readables.each do |item|
if item === receiver
receiver.recv_string(msec ='')

# Simple progress indicator for the viewer
$stdout << "#{msec}."
$stdout.flush

# Do the work
sleep(msec.to_f / 1000)

# Send results to sink
sender.send_string("")
end

exit if item === controller
end
end