The article is quite old. Try randbool() instead of randbit(). Best to remove such an old reference from the website.
-viral On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:37:59 AM UTC+5:30, Airhead Bit wrote: > > Everything in a language I need but the examples at > http://julialang.org/learning/ like > > Parallel Julia by Douglas Eadline in Admin magazine > Just blow up: > tic(); > > julia> nheads = @parallel (+) for i=1:100000000 > randbit() > end; > exception on 2: exception on 5: exception on exception on 3: 4: ERROR: > randbit not defined > in anonymous at no file:2 > in anonymous at multi.jl:1279 > in anonymous at multi.jl:848 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630 > in anonymous at task.jl:6 > ERROR: randbit not defined > in anonymous at no file:2 > in anonymous at multi.jl:1279 > in anonymous at multi.jl:848 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630 > in anonymous at task.jl:6 > ERROR: randbit not defined > in anonymous at no file:2 > in anonymous at multi.jl:1279 > in anonymous at multi.jl:848 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630 > in anonymous at task.jl:6 > ERROR: randbit not defined > in anonymous at no file:2 > in anonymous at multi.jl:1279 > in anonymous at multi.jl:848 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:621 > in run_work_thunk at multi.jl:630 > in anonymous at task.jl:6 > ERROR: `+` has no method matching +(::UndefVarError, ::UndefVarError) > in _mapreduce at reduce.jl:166 > in mapreduce at reduce.jl:182 > in preduce at multi.jl:1418 > > julia> s=toc(); > elapsed time: 1.6460936 seconds > > julia> println("Number of Heads: $nheads in $s seconds") > ERROR: nheads not defined > > and > julia> addprocs_local(1) > dies > but addprocs(1) works (after hunting it down with Google. > > Please fix or remove broken examples, I've used up my time fighting > something that should not have happened, trying examples of deprecated code. > > >
