On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:45 PM Zelphir Kaltstahl
wrote:
I think that is a typo maybe? The futures guide says:
>
> "The (ice-9 futures) module provides futures, a construct for fine-grain
> parallelism."
>
I know, and I think that's an error (or rather a confusing point) in the
docs. It should s
On Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:34:59 +0100
Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Mon 06 Jan 2020 00:26, Chris Vine writes:
> > I have a 'try' macro which adopts the approach that if an exception
> > arises, the macro unwinds from the dynamic environment of the code
> > where the exception arose to the dynamic environme
Hello John!
Thanks for your reply!
On 06.01.2020 22:47, John Cowan wrote:
> Conceptually, parallelism and concurrency are two different and partly
> independent things. Parallelism refers to physically simultaneous
> execution, as when you throw a ball into the air in each hand and
> catch it in
Conceptually, parallelism and concurrency are two different and partly
independent things. Parallelism refers to physically simultaneous
execution, as when you throw a ball into the air in each hand and catch it
in the same hand. Each throw-catch cycle is a parallel process (using
"process" in th
On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 20:42:17 +0100
Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote:
[snip]
> In Racket the futures have some limitations, where one needs to use a
> different number type to enable them in some cases to run in parallel –
> wait, I am looking for the link … here:
> https://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/paralle
Hey Chris!
Thanks for your informative reply! I did not remember, that the parallel
forms are already that clever. It might be the case, that I only need to
use futures or parallel forms then. I have a question regarding futures
though.
In Racket the futures have some limitations, where one needs
