[Chicken-users] Wish: Parallel Map

[Joe Python]

Python has a Parallel version of 'map' where we can  offload work to os level processes (worker pool) and get the results

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from multiprocessing import Pool

def f(x):

    return x*x

if __name__ == '__main__':

    pool = Pool(processes=4)               # start 4 worker processes

    result = pool.apply_async(f, [10])     # evaluate "f(10)" asynchronously

    print(result.get(timeout=1))           # prints "100" unless your computer is *very* slow

    print(pool.map(f, range(10)))          # prints "[0, 1, 4,..., 81]"

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I am aware that Chicken has threads, but they are limited to a single process. An egg for parallel map would be a welcome addition for new schemers like me to make use of those extra cores :)

- Joe