[q-lang-devel] [OT] Parallelism and Functional Programming

[Orlarey Y. <or...@gr...>]

(Cross-posted to the Faust and Q mailing lists.)

Dear All,

Some information interesting to relate :

1) Quoted from "Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006" :

"Our goal is to provide our customers with the best personal computers in=
 the world, and=20
looking ahead Intel has the strongest processor roadmap by far,=94 said S=
teve Jobs, Apple=92s=20
CEO. =93It=92s been ten years since our transition to the PowerPC, and we=
 think Intel=92s=20
technology will help us create the best personal computers for the next t=
en years."

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html


2) Intel has published its "platform 2015" roadmap forecasting massively =
parallel=20
multi-core processors within the next 10 years

http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/archinnov/platform2015/
ftp://download.intel.com/technology/computing/archinnov/platform2015/down=
load/Platform_2015.pdf



3) There is a special issue (May 2005) of the Journal of Functional Progr=
amming on "High=20
Performance Parallel Functional Programming".

Quoting P.W. Trinder in this issue : "Indeed, it can be argued that high-=
performance=20
systems now rival prototyping, formal reasoning and education as areas wh=
ere functional=20
technology has the greatest impact."


4) Conclusion : Parallelism will be the chance for Functional Programming=
 to go for=20
mainstream in the next decade and we must get prepared...



Yann