4.9.1 Top new questions this week

4.9.1.1 Parallelize Map and ParallelMap

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138476/parallelize-map-and-parallelmap

 
Bug introduced in 8.0 and persisting through 11.0.1 or later 
 
 
 
It is stated in the documentation that 
 
 
Parallelize[Map[f, expr]] is equivalent to ParallelMap[f, expr]. 
 
 
But what about these  ...
 

- asked by Mher (29 votes), answered by Szabolcs (23 votes)

4.9.1.2 Can we intelligently control evaluation in Thread?

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138661/can-we-intelligently-control-evaluation-in-thread

 
This is a bid at creating a canonical Q&A. 
 
Many questions have been asked that come down to the fact that Thread evaluates its first argument before threading is attempted.  In a few minutes I  ...
 

- asked by Mr.Wizard (27 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (21 votes)

4.9.1.3 Learn Mathematica (Wolfram) Language in one day

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138366/learn-mathematica-wolfram-language-in-one-day

 
Currently I am trying to learn Python. Searching for relevant material I came across 
 
X in Y minutes 
 
and books with titles such as Learn Python in one day, in 24 hours, etc. 
 
Similar material exists  ...
 

- asked by dimitris (23 votes), answered by masterxilo (5 votes)

4.9.1.4 Puzzle  20 People to consume 20 units of food under constraints

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138637/puzzle-20-people-to-consume-20-units-of-food-under-constraints

 
I am learning Mathematica because I love it. I also love solving puzzles so I think it would be a nice way to learn Mathematica through puzzles. This is first puzzle in series I intend to solve. 
 
So  ...
 

- asked by Jawad_Mansoor (14 votes), answered by Mr.Wizard (18 votes)

4.9.1.5 Compute the curvature of a bent stack of paper

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138583/compute-the-curvature-of-a-bent-stack-of-paper

 
My goal is to link the curvature of a bent stack of paper in a wind tunnel to its bending modulus $B$, knowing all the other physical properties. To this end, I would like to reproduce the numerical  ...
 

- asked by yketa (12 votes), answered by xzczd (8 votes)

4.9.1.6 WordOrientation does not work in v11?

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138811/wordorientation-does-not-work-in-v11

 
Bug introduced in 11.0.1 
 
 
 
It seems that WordOrientation does not work in v11. The sample code 
 
input = ExampleData[{"Text", "AliceInWonderland"}]; 
WordCloud[input, WordOrientation -> "Random"] 
 
 
...
 

- asked by Lem.ma 11votes

4.9.1.7 Code request: Make "copy formatted code" bulletproof

http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/138436/code-request-make-copy-formatted-code-bulletproof

 
With the GeneralUtilities`PrintDefinitions functions comes a usable code formatting engine. On this site, most of the time we share code. I believe it would be awesome to have a robust button that  ...
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

- asked by halirutan 10votes