It's my understanding that there's no parallel execution of the code in ParallelFox because you have only 1 extra CPU = 1 Worker but extra expenses for launching the worker and executing the code through COM.
>OK. So now that you know I have "2", does that give you enough information to answer my initial question - why does the "after" code run slower than the "before" code for those two examples?
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