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This chapter explored one of my favorite C# topics—parallel programming using the Task Parallel Library (the other is LINQ, in case you were wondering). Parallel programming has remained a niche skill in recent years, despite the emergence of multi-core and multi-processor machines. Once reason for the niche status is the complexity in writing parallel programs, something which I think the TPL does a good job of addressing.
Effective parallel programing still requires an investment of time and patience because it requires a new approach to breaking down your problems and working out which data must be shared (and how it will be protected), but it is an investment that pays dividends—you can do more work with less equipment and at lower cost.
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Freeman, A. (2010). Parallel Programming. In: Introducing Visual C# 2010. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3172-1_24
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