diff --git a/examples/1_socketlike/bob.c b/examples/1_socketlike/bob.c
index 2577e85a689bd56d9dac01840795c998e1c369aa..5457309363001adbd3038b6ec3c720b27958e6dc 100644
--- a/examples/1_socketlike/bob.c
+++ b/examples/1_socketlike/bob.c
@@ -4,41 +4,33 @@
 
 int main() {
 
-	// bob hard-codes his protocol.
+	// Protocol is hard-coded.
 	char* pdl =
 	"primitive forward(in i, out o) {"
-	"	while(true) synchronous {"
-	"		put(o, get(i));"
-	"	}"
-	"}"
-	;
+	"  while(true) synchronous {     "
+	"    put(o, get(i));             "
+	"  }                             "
+	"}                               ";
 	
 	// setup a connector with one incoming network channel.
 	Connector* c = connector_new();
 	printf("configuring...\n");
-	check("config ", connector_configure(c, pdl, "forward"));
-	check("bind 0 ", connector_bind_active(c, 0, "127.0.0.1:7000"));
-	check("bind 1 ", connector_bind_native(c, 1));
-	printf("connecting...\n");
-	printf("connect err %d%n", connector_connect(c, 20000));
-	printf("%s%n", connector_dump_log(c));
+	check("config  ", connector_configure(c, pdl, "forward"));
+	check("bind 0  ", connector_bind_active(c, 0, "127.0.0.1:7000"));
+	check("bind 1  ", connector_bind_native(c, 1));
+	check("connect ", connector_connect(c, 5000));
 	
 	// receive a message and print it to stdout three times
-	int i;
+	int i, msg_len;
+	const unsigned char * msg;
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 		check("get ", connector_get(c, 0));
 		check("sync", connector_sync(c, 1000));
-
-		int msg_len;
-		const unsigned char * msg;
 		check("read", connector_gotten(c, 0, &msg, &msg_len));
-
-		printf("Received one message `%s`!\n", msg);
+		printf("Received one message `%.*s`!\n", msg_len, msg);
 	}
-
-	// cleanup
-	printf("destroying...\n");
+	
+	printf("cleaning up\n");
 	connector_destroy(c);
-	printf("exiting...\n");
 	return 0;
 }
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