int sockfd, numbytes;
    // char buf[MAXDATASIZE];
    struct hostent *he;
    struct sockaddr_in their_addr; /* connector's address information */

    printf("getting host\n");
    if ((he=gethostbyname("147.175.180.56")) == NULL) {  /* get the host info */
        herror("gethostbyname");
        exit(1);
    }

    printf("creating socket\n");
    if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
        perror("socket");
        exit(1);
    }

    their_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;      /* host byte order */
    their_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);    /* short, network byte order */
    their_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)he->h_addr);
    bzero(&(their_addr.sin_zero), 8);     /* zero the rest of the struct */

    printf("connecting\n");

    if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, \
                                            sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1) {
        printf("connect fail");
        exit(1);
    }

    char *buf = (char*)"This is turing";

    printf("sending\n");
    // while (1)
    // {
    if (send(sockfd, buf, (int)strlen(buf), 0) == -1)
    {
        perror("send");
        exit (1);
    }
        // printf("After the send function \n");

        //  if ((numbytes=recv(sockfd, buf, MAXDATASIZE, 0)) == -1) {
        //          perror("recv");
        //          exit(1);
        // }

    //     buf[numbytes] = '\0';

    //     printf("Received in pid=%d, text=: %s \n",getpid(), buf);
    //  sleep(1);
    // }

    close(sockfd);