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Low-cost process creation and dynamic partitioning in Qlisp

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Parallel Lisp: Languages and Systems (PSC 1989)

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Our experiments with Qlisp have led to two ways of improving the performance of parallel Lisp programs. One is to reduce the cost of process creation and scheduling; the other is to use a dynamic partitioning and scheduling method. We describe these techniques and present the results of several experiments that use them. We also present an analysis of the dynamic partitioning method to explain the reasons for its success.

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  1. Stanford University, Stanford, California

    Joseph D. Pehoushek & Joseph S. Weening

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  1. Joseph D. Pehoushek
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Takayasu Ito Robert H. Halstead Jr.

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Pehoushek, J.D., Weening, J.S. (1990). Low-cost process creation and dynamic partitioning in Qlisp. In: Ito, T., Halstead, R.H. (eds) Parallel Lisp: Languages and Systems. PSC 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 441. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024155

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