lazy thoughts

[Robert Fraser]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Robert Fraser wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Dunno. According to SPJ, automatically parallelizing map was a failed 
>>> experiment in Haskell. Explicit parallelizing a la pmap seems to be 
>>> the way to go.
>>
>> Source? I think as processors grow in number, automatic 
>> paralellization will become increasingly important, so I'm wondering 
>> why it was a "failed experiment"?
> 
> Private conversation.
> 
> Andrei

Did he mention what the implementation was like and/or what the problem 
was (i.e. too much overhead, etc.)?