Channels and channel operators

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• Channels can be passed to neatly pass values between fibers
• Channels can be buffered or unbuffered
  • Unbuffered channels cause reading or writing fibers to block, waiting for another fiber to come around and complete the rendevouz
  • Buffered channels keep an internal queue but will block if the queue is full / empty
• Channel operator <-
  • Can be used to read from a channel const value = <- channel
  • Can be used to write to a channel channel <- value
• Channels can be used in the select operation described in Select statement to await multiple values #73