Kotlin parallel computation of large array

问题

I have a large array and need compute result based on each item of this array. My PC's processor has 2 cores. I have compared different ways to achieve parallel execution in Kotlin.

I wrote simple example to illustrate this. First way is Java parallel stream, second is plain Kotlin map, third is coroutine version of map.

fun p() = runBlocking {
    val num = (0 until 1_000_000).toList()
    println(measureTimeMillis {
        num.stream().parallel().map { it * 2 }.collect(Collectors.toList())
    })
    println(measureTimeMillis {
        num.map { it * 2 }
    })
    println(measureTimeMillis {
        num.pmap { it * 2 }
    })
}

suspend fun <A, B> Iterable<A>.pmap(f: suspend (A) -> B): List<B> = coroutineScope {
    map { async { f(it) } }.map { it.await() }
}

The output (in ms.):

152
64
1620

Why pmap version is so slow? How to improve the code?

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56491296/kotlin-parallel-computation-of-large-array

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