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What Makes Parallel Programming Difficult?

Posted by Unknown on from the double-the-threads-double-the-fun dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel's Aater Suleman writes about why parallel programming is difficult. ... I was unaware ... that a major challenge in multi-threaded programming lies in optimizing parallel programs not just getting them to run. His analysis is insightful and the case study is very enlightening if you are unfamiliar with parallel code debugging. "

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  1. Easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Motherboards rarely have parallel ports these days!

    1. Re:Easy! by sgbett · · Score: 5, Funny

      is that things sometimes happen in the wrong order.

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    2. Re:Easy! by sgbett · · Score: 5, Funny

      The problem with parallel programming

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