# Require Gemfile gems require_relative 'bootstrap' # you can use simple :c also instead of :concurrency # remember :concurrency is all about GIL case, so # you can modify the objects in memory # This is ideal for little operations in simultaneously or # when you need to update objects in the memory thr1 = async :concurrency do sleep 2 4 * 2 end puts "hello concurrency" calculation1 = thr1.value calculation1 += 1 puts calculation1 #>-------------------------------------------------- # or you can use simple {} without sym and this will be by default a # :concurrency pattern thr2 = async { sleep 3; 4 * 3 } puts "hello simple concurrency" calculation2 = thr2.value calculation2 += 1 # remember you have to use to cal the return value from the code block! puts calculation2 #>-------------------------------------------------- # now let's see the Parallelism # you can use simple :p or :parallelism as nametag # remember :parallelism is all about real OS thread case, so # you CANT modify the objects in memory only in sharedmemories, # the normal variables will only be copy on write modify # This is ideal for big operations where you need do a big process # w/o the fear of the Garbage collector slowness or the GIL lock # when you need to update objects in the memory use SharedMemory thr3 = async :parallelism do sleep 4 4 * 5 end puts "hello parallelism" calculation3 = thr3.value calculation3 += 1 puts calculation3 #>-------------------------------------------------- # more complex way puts "mixed usecase with arrays as return obj" thr4 = async :parallelism do sleep 4 # some big database processing brutal memory eater stuff [4*5,"hy"] end thr5 = async { [5+1,"sup!"] } puts 'calc1 is eql calc2:',thr4.value == thr5.value puts (thr4.value+thr5.value).inspect