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Parallelism in one line — Building Things on the Internet — Medium

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:57:57 +0000

Parallel versions of the map function are provided by two libraries: multiprocessing, and also its little known, but equally fantastic step child: multiprocessing.dummy.

Tags: #algorithms #concurrency #dev #imported:pinboard #parallel #python

pigz - Parallel gzip

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:26:55 +0000

"A parallel implementation of gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-core machines"

Tags: #compression #gzip #linux #multicore #parallel #performance #tools #unix

An easy way to run many tasks in parallel at Xaprb

Sun, 24 May 2009 19:20:37 +0000

Tags: #commands #parallel #shell #unix #xargs

Amdahl's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:25:15 +0000

"Amdahl's law, named after computer architect Gene Amdahl, is used to find the maximum expected improvement to an overall system when only part of the system is improved."

Tags: #compsci #parallel

... for Some Value of "Magic": Stackless Python Continues to Amaze

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:56:39 +0000

"Let me repeat that, just in case you missed it: resuming pickled tasklets across architectures is easy."

Tags: #parallel #programming #python #stackless