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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import collections
+import dataclasses
+import enum
+import sys
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+
+class Op(enum.StrEnum):
+    SND = "snd"
+    SET = "set"
+    ADD = "add"
+    MUL = "mul"
+    MOD = "mod"
+    RCV = "rcv"
+    JGZ = "jgz"
+
+
+class Instruction(NamedTuple):
+    op: Op
+    x: str
+    y: str | None = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_str(cls, input: str) -> "Instruction":
+        op, *rest = input.split()
+        return cls(Op(op), *rest)
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class Program:
+    instructions: list[Instruction]
+    id: dataclasses.InitVar[int]
+    registers: dict[str, int] = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+    ip: int = dataclasses.field(init=False, default=0)
+
+    receive_queue: collections.deque[int] = dataclasses.field(
+        init=False, default_factory=collections.deque
+    )
+    send_queue: collections.deque[int] = dataclasses.field(
+        init=False, default_factory=collections.deque
+    )
+    values_sent: int = dataclasses.field(init=False, default=0)
+
+    def __post_init__(self, id: int) -> None:
+        self.registers = collections.defaultdict(int)
+        self.registers["p"] = id
+
+    def _resolve(self, y: str | None) -> int:
+        assert y is not None  # Sanity check
+        try:
+            return int(y)
+        except ValueError:
+            return self.registers[y]
+
+    def execute(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            assert 0 <= self.ip < len(self.instructions)  # Sanity check
+            instr = self.instructions[self.ip]
+            match instr.op:
+                case Op.SND:
+                    self.send_queue.append(self._resolve(instr.x))
+                    self.values_sent += 1
+                case Op.SET:
+                    self.registers[instr.x] = self._resolve(instr.y)
+                case Op.ADD:
+                    self.registers[instr.x] += self._resolve(instr.y)
+                case Op.MUL:
+                    self.registers[instr.x] *= self._resolve(instr.y)
+                case Op.MOD:
+                    self.registers[instr.x] %= self._resolve(instr.y)
+                case Op.RCV:
+                    if not self.receive_queue:
+                        return  # Block and wait for a value to be sent
+                    self.registers[instr.x] = self.receive_queue.popleft()
+                case Op.JGZ:
+                    if self._resolve(instr.x) > 0:
+                        self.ip += self._resolve(instr.y) - 1  # Account auto-increment
+            self.ip += 1
+
+    @property
+    def is_terminated(self) -> bool:
+        # Has the program jumped outside the instructions
+        return self.ip < 0 or self.ip >= len(self.instructions)
+
+    @property
+    def is_blocked(self) -> bool:
+        if self.is_terminated:
+            return True
+        # Is it blocked on a `RCV`
+        return self.instructions[self.ip].op == Op.RCV and not self.receive_queue
+
+
+def solve(input: str) -> int:
+    def parse(input: str) -> list[Instruction]:
+        return [Instruction.from_str(line) for line in input.splitlines()]
+
+    instructions = parse(input)
+    p0, p1 = Program(instructions, id=0), Program(instructions, id=1)
+
+    while True:
+        if p0.is_blocked and p1.is_blocked:
+            return p1.values_sent
+
+        p0.execute()
+        p1.execute()
+
+        p0.receive_queue.extend(p1.send_queue)
+        p1.send_queue.clear()
+        p1.receive_queue.extend(p0.send_queue)
+        p0.send_queue.clear()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = sys.stdin.read()
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()