The real challenge for our server comes with a specially constructed client. Let's go through it before we see the client in action. The preamble is typical:
#[macro_use]
extern crate slog;
extern crate clap;
extern crate slog_async;
extern crate slog_term;
use clap::{App, Arg};
use slog::Drain;
use std::net::TcpStream;
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
use std::{thread, time};
static TOTAL_STREAMS: AtomicUsize = AtomicUsize::new(0);
In fact, this client preamble hews fairly close to that of the server. So, too, the main function, as we'll see shortly. As with many other programs in this book, we dedicate a thread to reporting on the behavior of the program. In this client, this thread runs the long-lived report
