[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.2.5

Uhh... okay:

  - PLT Scheme now supports true multi-core parallelism via futures.
Futures create tasks that run in parallel, as long as the tasks stay
in the "fast path" of the runtime system. For more information, see:

  http://docs.plt-scheme.org/guide/performance.html?q=future#(part._effective-futures)

Robby

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> At Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:56:35 -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>> Matthew:
>>   - Futures are on by default
>>   - wrap each top-level form in a module with a prompt (if visible
>>     enough)
>>   - basic set library
>>   - things from r18375, if visible enough
>>   - scribble/jfp
>
> Only futures deserve a bullet I think. Maybe Robby wants to write it?
>
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