Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks: When Threads Unravel Contributor(s): Butcher, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1937785653 ISBN-13: 9781937785659 Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
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BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - Parallel - Computers | Information Theory |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 7.52" W x 9.25" (1.13 lbs) 296 pages |
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Publisher Description: Your software needs to leverage multiple cores, handle thousands of users and terabytes of data, and continue working in the face of both hardware and software failure. Concurrency and parallelism are the keys, and Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks equips you for this new world. See how emerging technologies such as actors and functional programming address issues with traditional threads and locks development. Learn how to exploit the parallelism in your computer's GPU and leverage clusters of machines with MapReduce and Stream Processing. And do it all with the confidence that comes from using tools that help you write crystal clear, high-quality code. |
Contributor Bio(s): Butcher, Paul: - Paul Butcher has worked in diverse fields at all levels of abstraction, from microcode on bit-slice processors to high-level declarative programming, and all points in between. Paul's experience comes from working for startups, where he's had the privilege of collaborating with several great teams on cutting-edge technology. He is the author of "Debug It!." Butcher: -Paul Butcher has worked in diverse fields at all levels of abstraction, from microcode on bit-slice processors to high-level declarative programming, and all points in between. Paul's experience comes from working for startups, where he's had the privilege of collaborating with several great teams on cutting-edge technology. He is the author of "Debug It!." |