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Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell
If you have a working knowledge of Haskell, this hands-on book shows you how to use the language's many APIs and frameworks for writing both parallel and concurrent programs. You'll learn how parallelism exploits multicore processors to speed up computation-heavy programs, and how concurrency enables you to write programs with threads for multiple interactions.
Author Simon Marlow walks you through the process with lots of code examples that you can run, experiment with, and extend. Divided into separate sections on Parallel and Concurrent Haskell, this book also includes exercises to help you become familiar with the concepts presented:
Express parallelism in Haskell with the Eval monad and Evaluation Strategies
Parallelize ordinary Haskell code with the Par monad
Build parallel array-based computations, using the Repa library
Use the Accelerate library to run computations directly on the GPU
Work with basic interfaces for writing concurrent code
Build trees of threads for larger and more complex programs
Learn how to build high-speed concurrent network servers
Write distributed programs that run on multiple machines in a network
About the Author
Simon Marlow has been a prominent figure in the Haskell community formany years. He is the author of large parts of the Glasgow HaskellCompiler, including in particular its highly regarded mulitcoreruntime system, along with many of the libraries and tools thatHaskell programmers take for granted. Simon also contributes to thefunctional programming research community, and has a string of paperson subjects ranging from garbage collection to language design. Inrecent years Simon's focus has been on making Haskell an idealprogramming language for parallel and concurrent applications, both bydeveloping new programming models and building a high-qualityimplementation.
342 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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December 24, 2013
This book sold me on Haskell for large systems development. Haskell's approach to parallelism (sparks, evaluation strategies, Repa, Accelerate) and its approach to concurrency (forkIO, async, etc.) is nothing short of elegant. Simon Marlow captures that elegance in this book and shows you how to harness that power.
I also appreciate the organization of this book. The first chapter gives one of the best explanations of lazy evaluation I've seen to day, as well as the potential gotchas of that laziness that you'll likely encounter in parallel settings.
Great advice and great organization. Highly recommended.
I also appreciate the organization of this book. The first chapter gives one of the best explanations of lazy evaluation I've seen to day, as well as the potential gotchas of that laziness that you'll likely encounter in parallel settings.
Great advice and great organization. Highly recommended.
August 18, 2018
One of the best technical books I've read. Simple language with a lot of details about parallel/concurrent primitives. Gives you a good understanding of exceptions (and async exceptions).
The only drawback is little bit boring real-world examples, that sometimes involve trying to understand its inner complexity instead of illustrating specific approaches.
The only drawback is little bit boring real-world examples, that sometimes involve trying to understand its inner complexity instead of illustrating specific approaches.
July 12, 2014
Absolutely amazing book that every Haskell developer should read!
June 28, 2017
A very decent book on not only concurrency in Haskell, but concurrency in general. Must read for all Haskell folks.
June 3, 2018
This is one dense book, lot to digest and to think about during, and after, reading it.
I particularly liked the example for the parallel part, real problem where parallel programming will make the difference, in the other way I'm not impress by the chat example every book I red has it, it's a good example to work with but I'd like to see something new.
All in all a really good book about parallel and concurrent programming even for someone that don't uses Haskell (in that case the example can be hard to read)
I particularly liked the example for the parallel part, real problem where parallel programming will make the difference, in the other way I'm not impress by the chat example every book I red has it, it's a good example to work with but I'd like to see something new.
All in all a really good book about parallel and concurrent programming even for someone that don't uses Haskell (in that case the example can be hard to read)
March 1, 2018
A large portion of the book is basically "how to use library X" which in itself isn't too interesting.
June 23, 2018
Provide details looks into how multiple concurrency model works under Haskell including performance profiling.
November 21, 2021
definitely must read
November 29, 2025
A bit outdated, but the stuff on STM is still great.
December 16, 2015
Approachable yet challenging, this is an excellent book for anyone interested in Haskell or Parallel and Concurrent Programming from beginner to expert.
A beginner might want to read Learn You A Haskell or Real World Haskell first, simply to be familiar with the language's syntax.
A beginner might want to read Learn You A Haskell or Real World Haskell first, simply to be familiar with the language's syntax.
July 31, 2013
I really like real-life examples.
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