The parallel library wraps the ForkJoin library scheduled for inclusion in JDK 7: http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/concurrency-interest/index.html You'll need jsr166y.jar in your classpath in order to use this library. (use '(clojure.parallel)) (clojure.parallel/preduce * (range 2 16))
On Jul 26, 6:40 am, atucker <agjf.tuc...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I wonder if any of the Clojurians on here might like to describe how > one might write the factorial function as a parallel one? Taking > advantage of the associativity of multiplication, along the lines of > > 16! = (((1*2)*(3*4)) * ((5*6)*(7*8))) * (((9*10)*(11*12)) * ((13*14)* > (15*16))) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
