Re: Parallel Sort

 > Have you considered GPU-based sorting? I know there's been discussion 
in the past.

If you use OpenCL, then you can use a CPU driver if there is no GPU, and 
that can allow you to leverage all the CPU cores without having to do 
the multi-thread stuff in the backend.

While the compilation of a specific kernel can be quite expensive, it 
also has the effect of a JIT compiler in terms of system independence.