did this madman really implement parallelism on urbit

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+(* Parallel Nock Execution - Multi-Domain Nock for Multi-Core Urbit!
+ *
+ * This is THE breakthrough: Running Nock across multiple CPU cores!
+ *
+ * Strategies:
+ * 1. Parallel batch execution - run multiple Nock computations in parallel
+ * 2. Parallel scry - read-only queries across domains
+ * 3. Future: Fork/join within a single Nock computation
+ *)
+
+(* Parallel execution result *)
+type 'a result =
+  | Success of 'a
+  | Error of string
+
+(* Execute multiple Nock computations in parallel
+ *
+ * Takes a list of (subject, formula) pairs and executes them
+ * in parallel across the domain pool.
+ *
+ * This is perfect for:
+ * - Batch scry requests
+ * - Multiple independent pokes
+ * - Parallel jet execution
+ *)
+let parallel_batch pool computations =
+  let execute_one (subject, formula) =
+    try
+      let result = Nock.nock_on subject formula in
+      Success result
+    with
+    | e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+  in
+
+  Domain_pool.parallel_map pool execute_one computations
+
+(* Execute multiple Nock computations using parallel_for
+ *
+ * More efficient for large batches as it uses chunking
+ *)
+let parallel_batch_indexed pool subjects formulas =
+  let num_tasks = min (List.length subjects) (List.length formulas) in
+
+  let results = Domain_pool.parallel_for pool
+    ~start:0
+    ~finish:(num_tasks - 1)
+    ~body:(fun i ->
+      let subject = List.nth subjects i in
+      let formula = List.nth formulas i in
+      try
+        Success (Nock.nock_on subject formula)
+      with
+      | e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+    )
+  in
+
+  results
+
+(* Parallel scry - execute read-only queries in parallel
+ *
+ * This is incredibly powerful for serving many simultaneous queries!
+ * C Vere can only do one at a time, we can do hundreds simultaneously!
+ *)
+let parallel_scry pool state queries =
+  let execute_query query =
+    try
+      (* In a real implementation, this would use State.peek *)
+      (* For now, we just run Nock on the state *)
+      let result = Nock.nock_on state query in
+      Success result
+    with
+    | e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+  in
+
+  Domain_pool.parallel_map pool execute_query queries
+
+(* Map-reduce style parallel Nock
+ *
+ * Execute Nock on each item in parallel, then reduce results
+ *)
+let parallel_map_reduce pool ~subjects ~formula ~reduce ~init =
+  (* Execute Nock in parallel *)
+  let execute_one subject =
+    try
+      Success (Nock.nock_on subject formula)
+    with
+    | e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+  in
+
+  let results = Domain_pool.parallel_map pool execute_one subjects in
+
+  (* Reduce results *)
+  List.fold_left (fun acc result ->
+    match result with
+    | Success noun -> reduce acc noun
+    | Error _ -> acc
+  ) init results
+
+(* Async execution - non-blocking Nock
+ *
+ * Execute Nock asynchronously and return a promise
+ *)
+let async_nock pool subject formula =
+  Domain_pool.async pool (fun () ->
+    try
+      Success (Nock.nock_on subject formula)
+    with
+    | e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+  )
+
+(* Wait for async result *)
+let await_result = Domain_pool.await
+
+(* Benchmark result type *)
+type benchmark_result = {
+  count: int;
+  sequential_time: float;
+  parallel_time: float;
+  speedup: float;
+  results_match: bool;
+}
+
+(* Parallel increment benchmark
+ *
+ * Useful for testing parallel speedup
+ *)
+let parallel_increment_bench pool count =
+  let subjects = List.init count (fun i -> Noun.atom i) in
+
+  (* Formula: [4 0 1] (increment subject) *)
+  let formula = Noun.cell (Noun.atom 4) (Noun.cell (Noun.atom 0) (Noun.atom 1)) in
+
+  let start = Unix.gettimeofday () in
+  let results = List.map (fun subject ->
+    Nock.nock_on subject formula
+  ) subjects in
+  let sequential_time = Unix.gettimeofday () -. start in
+
+  let start = Unix.gettimeofday () in
+  let parallel_results_wrapped = Domain_pool.parallel_map pool (fun subject ->
+    try Success (Nock.nock_on subject formula)
+    with e -> Error (Printexc.to_string e)
+  ) subjects in
+  let parallel_time = Unix.gettimeofday () -. start in
+
+  (* Extract successful results for comparison *)
+  let parallel_results = List.filter_map (function
+    | Success n -> Some n
+    | Error _ -> None
+  ) parallel_results_wrapped in
+
+  let speedup = sequential_time /. parallel_time in
+
+  {
+    count;
+    sequential_time;
+    parallel_time;
+    speedup;
+    results_match = (results = parallel_results);
+  }
+
+(* Get parallel execution statistics *)
+let stats pool = Domain_pool.stats pool