MCE - introduction?

Aaronrp has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: MCE - introduction? by 1nickt (Canon) on Apr 28, 2021 at 13:36 UTC
Hi Aaron I have given a couple of talks on MCE and MCE::Shared. You can see the slides here. In the mean time, please describe the task you are attempting to accomplish. Usually you can simply wrap your code with some MCE syntax and parallelize it. I'll be glad to help. Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re: MCE - introduction? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 28, 2021 at 02:03 UTC
Hi, What aren't you getting? Ask your questions whatever they are; don't judge yourself too harshly (i keep reminding myself). Re: Threads From Hell #2: How To Parse A Very Huge File Wanting some clarification / opinions on MCE vs Threads Re^3: Wanting some clarification / opinions on MCE vs Threads marioroy https://www.perl.com/article/61/2014/1/21/Make-your-code-run-faster-with-Perl-s-secret-turbo-module/ choroba https://perlcon.eu/talk/36 Threads, thread unsafe modules, and an alternative	[reply]
Re: MCE - introduction? by perlfan (Parson) on Apr 28, 2021 at 07:15 UTC
If you're not familiar with managing child processes and fork, get familiar with Parallel::ForkManager. MCE just provides some communication conveniences for child processes. You have to be more specific about your needs, though. PDL and SPVM might provide some avenues for your needs. For true shared memory lightweight threads, you'll have to look outside of perl. Qore might be a programming language and runtime environment that appeals to your needs as well.	[reply]
Re: MCE - introduction? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Apr 28, 2021 at 20:15 UTC
Search for ŤThreads from Hellť. Not very gentle but sometimes instructive. Best regards, Karl ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply]