Comments on: Why functional languages rock with multi-core http://prettyprint.me/2009/08/01/why-functional-languages-rock-with-multi-core/ by Ran Tavory Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Bechtel http://prettyprint.me/2009/08/01/why-functional-languages-rock-with-multi-core/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Dave Bechtel Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:52:47 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=123#comment-299 Forth lives on! Forth lives on!

]]> By: Gary Mawdsley http://prettyprint.me/2009/08/01/why-functional-languages-rock-with-multi-core/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Gary Mawdsley Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:16 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=123#comment-34 very interesting...just reading about clojure myself....it is tough trying to shift thinking into a functional programming world...but interesting..will take a bit of practice clearly its not practical for nothing ever to be shared between processes, however I can appreciate that mutable data has to be mitigated....the idea of software transaction memory seems to fit the bill quite nicely ;-) very interesting…just reading about clojure myself….it is tough trying to shift thinking into a functional programming world…but interesting..will take a bit of practice

clearly its not practical for nothing ever to be shared between processes, however I can appreciate that mutable data has to be mitigated….the idea of software transaction memory seems to fit the bill quite nicely ;-)

]]> By: Ori Lahav http://prettyprint.me/2009/08/01/why-functional-languages-rock-with-multi-core/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Ori Lahav Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:47:37 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=123#comment-33 Good post Ran. one might say that the answer of the imperative languages to the "multi-core world" is multi-threaded programs. WRONG!!!! 1. multi-threaded programming in language that "share stuff" basically requires threads synchronization which makes things run slowly. 2. the more threads you have, the more context switches the CPU does - this is eventually not a simple task. what functional programming is offering - run max 1 process per CPU core and share nothing between your processes. simple to say but requires change in the way of "thinking about your software". Good post Ran.
one might say that the answer of the imperative languages to the “multi-core world” is multi-threaded programs.
WRONG!!!!
1. multi-threaded programming in language that “share stuff” basically requires threads synchronization which makes things run slowly.
2. the more threads you have, the more context switches the CPU does – this is eventually not a simple task.

what functional programming is offering – run max 1 process per CPU core and share nothing between your processes.

simple to say but requires change in the way of “thinking about your software”.

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