Re: documentation in GHC.Conc, Control.Parallel.Strategies; querying number of CPUs

Frederik Eaton wrote:

In particular, I wonder: How is pseq different from seq? Under what circumstances is it used?

`pseq` is a "genuine" operational sequence operator. Haskell'98's x `seq` y does not guarantee that x is evaluated to WHNF before y, whereas `pseq` does guarantee exactly this. Regards, Malcolm