One second interval task scheduler that quits on enter key press

scheduler.go

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"time"
)

func schedule(task func(), delay time.Duration) chan bool {
	stop := make(chan bool)
	go func() {
		for {
			task()
			select {
			case <-time.After(delay):
			case <-stop:
				return
			}
		}
	}()
	return stop
}

func ping() {
	fmt.Println("Ping!")
}

func main() {
	stop := schedule(ping, 1*time.Second)
	bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadBytes('\n')
	stop <- true
}