futures

gistfile1.txt

user=> (future (+ 1 2 3))                                             
#<core$future_call$reify__5403@d2d58b: 6>                             
user=> (def f *1)                                                     
#'user/f                                                              
user=> @f                                                             
6                                                                     
user=> (map #(future (apply * %)) (partition-all (+ 2 num-of-cores) (range 25)))                                                            
(#<core$future_call$reify__5403@3d3c33b7: 0> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@3b6752c9: 840> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@7c6c2896: 7920> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@20dccfab: 32760> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@c5f468: 93024> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@4430d83d: 212520> #<core$future_call$reify__5403@62c4afc4: 24>)                        
user=> (def my-futures *1)                                            
#'user/my-futures                                                     
user=> (map #(deref %) my-futures)                                    
(0 840 7920 32760 93024 212520 24)                                    
user=>  ; *1 is shorthand for the last returned value