Parallel Programming with C# and .NET: Fundamentals of Concurrency and Asynchrony Behind Fast-Paced Applications

Appendix A: Supplementary Notes

A multicore machine can execute multiple threads simultaneously. With the advancement of technology, most computers have multicore processors nowadays. To make fast-paced applications, you can take advantage of the hardware and parallelize your code by distributing the work among these cores. Throughout this book, you explored the possibilities using various C# constructs. This appendix includes some additional information, useful suggestions, and supplementary materials for you.

PFX Overview

When you jump into parallel programming in C#, you will often hear the acronym PFX. This stands for the Parallel Framework (often called Parallel Framework Extensions) in C#.

You may be wondering why didn’t I mention PFX earlier. ...