November 2007 - Posts
As announced by Somasegar, the first preview of ParallelFX (Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework) is now available.
ParallelFX runs on .NET FX 3.5, and relies on features available in C# 3.0 and VB 9.0 and includes:
- Imperative data and task parallelism APIs, including parallel for and foreach loops, to make the transition from sequential to parallel programs simpler.
- Declarative
data parallelism in the form of a data parallel implementation of
LINQ-to-Objects. This allows you to run LINQ queries on multiple
processors.
- First class tasks that can be used to schedule, wait on, and cancel parallel work.
- New
concurrency runtime used across the library to enable lightweight tasks
and effectively map and balance the concurrency expressed in code to
available concurrent resources on the execution platform.
- Several
great examples of how to use parallelism in real world problems to
obtain impressive speedups, including a raytracer, Sudoku puzzle
generator, and other simple puzzle solvers and smaller samples.
You may have not even started to use LINQ yet, that you can already use PLINQ, a parallel implementation of LINQ to Objects!
You can learn more about Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) and ParallelFX in two MSDN articles:
All the chapters of LINQ in Action have been sent to the publisher after several waves of reviews. During the last days, we tested all the code samples with Visual Studio 2008 to ensure everything is up-to-date.
The chapters are currently being typeset, which means that the printed book is close now. You can preorder it from Amazon or from Manning. The e-book is still avaible from Manning, of course. The coupon code offering you a 30% discount is still valid, but you have only 4 days left to use it.
Cross-posted from http://linqinaction.net
All you need to work with LINQ (Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5) is now finalized!
The final release of Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite is now available for download for MSDN subscribers. Hopefully, all editions of VS 2008 will be released for everyone soon.
Update: As announced by Soma,
the entire family of Visual Studio products (from the Express Editions
to the Professional version to Visual Studio Team Suite) and .NET
Framework 3.5 are available for immediate download for anyone. .NET Framework 3.5 includes .NET Framework 2.0 service pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.0 service pack 1.
Cross-posted from http://linqinaction.net
At the occasion of TechEd Europe in Barcelona, Manning is offering you to save 30% off the list price for LINQ in Action!
All the chapters are already available as an e-book. We are
currently polishing everything in order to prepare the paper book. All
you have to do to benefit from this special offer is to visit the book's page
and use the coupon code on the following flyer (click for a bigger
picture) when you purchase the e-book or pre-order the paper book:
This offer is valid until November 30.
Don't forget that I'll be at TechEd next week, so it's a good occasion to meet if you are there too.
Cross-posted from http://LinqInAction.net
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