This is kind of fun. A random nit as we like: > I needed to somehow create a function that performs a single step of the algorithm, then gives back control to

This is kind of fun. A random nit as we like: > I needed to somehow create a function that performs a single step of the algorithm, then gives back control to the main loop (which ironically sounds just like an OS' preemptive scheduling) That sounds more like cooperative scheduling, no?