Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Apr 2008 15:52 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Intel today revealed it can convert single threaded software to multithreaded mode without any code modification. The new 'speculative parallel threading' process monitors software and examines whether its processes can be run in parallel. If they can execute succesfully, the software can be recompiled to run as a multithreaded app. Intel says it has realised that programmers are going to need machine help to get software running as multithreaded. "We can't blame the programmers," an Intel spokesman said. "The industry has been complaining for 30 years about how difficult parallel programming is."
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2005-12-15
I read that article as well as the alternative it suggested. It's actually really really good reading for a quiet evening in.
I'm still having difficulties getting my head around the alternative approach with signals, nodes, etc
I'd highly recommend anyone who's interested in programming to read it.