Parallel::Iterator

This module provides a 'parallel map'. Multiple worker processes are
forked so that many instances of the transformation function may be
executed simultaneously.

For time consuming operations, particularly operations that spend most of
their time waiting for I/O, this is a big performance win. It also
provides a simple idiom to make effective use of multi CPU systems.

There is, however, a considerable overhead associated with forking, so
the example in the synopsis (doubling a list of numbers) is *not* a
sensible use of this module.

INSTALLATION

This is a Perl module distribution. It should be installed with whichever
tool you use to manage your installation of Perl, e.g. any of

  cpanm .
  cpan  .
  cpanp -i .

Consult http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html for further instruction.
Should you wish to install this module manually, the procedure is

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Andy Armstrong.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
