[erlang-questions] lists:pmap ?

[Ulf Wiger]

I discussed the problems with a general pmap in a presentation back in 2009.

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/wiger-multicore-erlang

The purpose wasn't really to argue against a general pmap, but rather to
use it as a simple example to illustrate the problems with treating erlang
processes as 'fibers' rather than independent actors.

BR,
Ulf W

2017-08-22 10:42 GMT+02:00 Ola Andersson A <ola.a.andersson@REDACTED>:

> Reading the discussion about list:mapfind reminded me of a function I
> rediscovered recently.
> It's rpc:pmap/3 that was originally defined for use in a distributed
> environment, spreading out the processing over several nodes. It actually
> works on a single multicore node as well even though it wasn't designed for
> that purpose.
> With the limited tests I have done it seems to significantly outperform
> lists:map/2 and also scale reasonably well. The almost negligible cost of
> spawning erlang processes is still amazing.
> How about adding a lists:pmap/2 function, designed for multicore, in the
> lists module?
> /OLA.
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