.NET Parallel Programming

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July 2008 - .NET Parallel Programming

Custom Loop with Arbitrary Initialization, Condition, and Update

July 27, 2008 Jul 27, 2008 07/27/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
The Parallel.For loop construct provided by Parallel Extensions is focused on providing a parallel alternative to the common sequential pattern of a for loop that iterates over a range of numbers.  However, the for loop construct in a language like C# is not limited just to numbers and iterating over ranges.  It supports arbitrary ...

Useful Abstractions Enabled with ContinueWith

July 24, 2008 Jul 24, 2008 07/24/08
Stephen Toub - MSFT
In the June 2008 CTP of Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework, we introduced the ContinueWith method on both Task and Future<T>.  ContinueWith is, in effect, a callback, very much like events in .NET.  With events, a causal action results in the event being raised, which by default triggers all of the delegates registered ...