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28.1.90; Can pure side-effect-free functions use multiple CPUs in Elisp?

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Message #11 received at 57197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Akib Azmain Turja <akib <at> disroot.org>
Cc: yantar92 <at> gmail.com, 57197 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57197: 28.1.90; Can pure side-effect-free functions use
 multiple CPUs in Elisp?
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:13:41 +0200

Akib Azmain Turja <akib <at> disroot.org> writes:

> I think the problem is the interpreter itself, which is not thread-safe.

Yes, the interpreter (byte-code or not) itself is not thread-safe, so I
don't think it's feasible to do anything here without a serious rewrite
of that.

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