basic paralell http getter, does not accumulate values

hellogoroutinehttp.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// list of urls to get
+	u1 := "http://lightt.com"
+	u2 := "http://google.com"
+	u3 := "http://reddit.com"
+	u4 := "http://samuraifilms.org"
+	u5 := "http://gmail.com"
+	u6 := "http://news.ycombinator.com"
+	urls := []string{u1, u2, u3, u4, u5, u6}
+
+	// make a channel 
+	c := make(chan string)
+	for _, u := range urls {
+		go httpGet(u, c)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(urls); i++ {
+		<-c // wit for task to complete
+		log.Print("A task completed: ", i)
+	}
+}
+
+func httpGet(url string, c chan string) {
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error getting: ", err)
+		c <- ""
+		return
+	}
+	val, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error reading: ", err)
+		c <- ""
+	} else {
+		log.Print("got response: ", len(val), " bytes")
+		c <- string(val)
+	}
+}