There is a good discussion about this question on StackOverflow.

“This is undeniable: multicore computers are here to stay.

So is this: efficient multicore programming is pretty difficult. It’s not just a case of understanding pthreads.

This is arguable: the ‘developer on the street’ need concern him/herself with these developments. To what extent are you concerned about having to expand your skillset for multicore? Is the software you are writing a candidate for parallelisation, and if so are you doing anything to educate yourself (if you didn’t already know the techniques)? Or do you believe that the operating system will take care of most of it, the language runtime will do its bit and your application will happily sit on one core and let the others do their thing?”

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