Example
rpar :: Strategy a executes the given strategy (recall: type Strategy a = a -> Eval a) in parallel:
import Control.Concurrent
import Control.DeepSeq
import Control.Parallel.Strategies
import Data.List.Ordered
main = loop
where
loop = do
putStrLn "Enter a number"
n <- getLine
let lim = read n :: Int
hf = quot lim 2
result = runEval $ do
-- we split the computation in half, so we can concurrently calculate primes
as <- rpar (force (primesBtwn 2 hf))
bs <- rpar (force (primesBtwn (hf + 1) lim))
return (as ++ bs)
forkIO $ putStrLn ("\nPrimes are: " ++ (show result) ++ " for " ++ n ++ "\n")
loop
-- Compute primes between two integers
-- Deliberately inefficient for demonstration purposes
primesBtwn n m = eratos [n..m]
where
eratos [] = []
eratos (p:xs) = p : eratos (xs `minus` [p, p+p..])
Running this will demonstrate the concurrent behaviour:
Enter a number
12
Enter a number
Primes are: [2,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,12] for 12
100
Enter a number
Primes are: [2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100] for 100
200000000
Enter a number
-- waiting for 200000000
200
Enter a number
Primes are: [2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200] for 200
-- still waiting for 200000000
