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+// Simple jamsh test creating and starting hello world agent
+
+function agent(msg) {
+  this.msg=msg;
+  this.act =  {
+    init : function () { log('Starting hello '+this.msg) },
+    wait: function ()  { log('Sleeping'); sleep(1000) },
+    end: function ()   { if (random(1)) throw "test exception"; /* not reached */ 
+                         log('Terminating'); 
+                         kill() }
+  }
+  this.trans = {
+    init: wait,
+    wait: function () { return random(1)?init:end } 
+  }
+  this.next = init
+}
+
+compile(agent)
+create('agent','world')
+start()