How to do multi core programming in F#

Question

How do I program I F# that utilize multi cores CPU? Say instead of multithread or async? In python language, they have multiprocessing module but what is the equivalent for F#?

Answer 1

There are several approaches for parallelization in F#

1. F# uses CLR and CTS so it is possible to use usual .NET constructions like you do it in C#. For example: Thread, BackgroundWorker, AutoResetEvent etc. Details
2. F# has a built-in construct called "asynchronous workflows" Details
3. There are some frameworks which allow you to choose appropriate parallelisation model. For example Hopac