On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:36:30 -0400, Antonio Vieiro
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd be happy with a parallel evaluation of arguments, for instance, that
> takes advantage of multicore systems. As in Schemik [1], for instance.
> A "small Scheme" R7RS that clarifies the semantics of parallel
> evaluation (where appropriate) would be perfect.
I did some research into this once, and some people are currently working
on this as well.
It's not easy. In fact, the bit problem is figuring out when to
parallelize and when not to. In special problems, the naive approach
works, but in general, it's easy to get very bad performance.
Aaron W. Hsu
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
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