That's why it's so important that languages begin to adopt threading primitives and immutable data structures. Java does a good job. Newer languages, like Clojure are built from the ground up with concurrency in mind.
How about presenting a small phrase or story and then ask a couple of questions about the text. Example:
Mary and Jim took an empty 2 gallon jar to the well. They filled it up half way with water? How many gallons of gasoline did they put in the jar?
Or
Please sum up all of the occurences of words that are bigger than 4 letters and less than 6 in the following sentence. Then add all of the vowels in your username:
blah blah blah whatever
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It's making a HA-UGE comeback (c# 3.0, closures in Java). Great place to start is Clojure.
That's why it's so important that languages begin to adopt threading primitives and immutable data structures. Java does a good job. Newer languages, like Clojure are built from the ground up with concurrency in mind.
How about presenting a small phrase or story and then ask a couple of questions about the text. Example: Mary and Jim took an empty 2 gallon jar to the well. They filled it up half way with water? How many gallons of gasoline did they put in the jar? Or Please sum up all of the occurences of words that are bigger than 4 letters and less than 6 in the following sentence. Then add all of the vowels in your username: blah blah blah whatever
I, for one, welcome our new biologically active orverlords.