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-module(counter).

-export([start/0, count/1, next/0, stop/0]).

start() -> register(counterPid, spawn(?MODULE, count, [0])).

count(N) when N > 32767 ->
	count(0);
count(N) ->
	receive
		{next, FromPID} -> 
			FromPID ! {next, N};
		{stop} ->
			exit(normal)
	end,
	count(N+1).

next() ->
	counterPid ! {next, self()},
	receive
		{next, N} -> N
	end.

stop() ->
	counterPid ! {stop}.