[m-users.] Announce: New Mfwpar parallenization library

[Richard O'Keefe]

Congratulations.
I don't have an immediate use for them,
but I've downloaded them to learn from.


On Sat, 19 Sept 2026 at 21:14, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I've released version 1.0.0 of a new Master/Feeder/Worker parallelizaion
> library Mfwpar. It implements a specific pattern of parallelizing a big,
> expensive computation (which can do I/O), by distributing it among several
> threads.
>
> It replaces the old Mfwpar library, which I have released in 2026-04-
> 15. It's not a new version. I doubt anyone is using the old one. If you do,
> please throw it away and use the new one.
>
> The new version is a complete redesign. It's much more flexible and robust
> now. Writing it was an execise in inter-thread communication and (much
> easier) higher order programming.
>
> Mfwpar makes use of the priority_channel library, which I've released some
> four hours ago. Priority_channel has proven to be very useful in
> implementing Mfwpar. It is included in Mfwpar for your convenience. And
> it's
> its own (small) project.
>
> Get it here:
> https://gitlab.com/volkerwysk/mfwpar
> https://gitlab.com/volkerwysk/priority_channel
>
> Cheers,
> Volker
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