Chapter 30. Task Parallelism and Data Parallelism
In Chapter 29, “Threading and Synchronization,” we looked at parallel programming from a rather low level, focusing on the concept of threads and a whole set of synchronization primitives. We also learned about the cost of various operating system facilities, giving rise to the creation of thread pools and lightweight synchronization tools for managed code.
Today’s computing landscape has radically shifted toward a higher need for parallel programming to speed up programs. In the previous decades, a slow-running program or library wasn’t too big of a deal. It was ...
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