Re: [PATCH] support for accessing CPU/core count (processor-count)

[Arthur Miller]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> We seem to be talking past each other. I don't see why would want this as a C
>> primitive.
>
> There are typically 2 reasons to use C:
> - For speed
> - To use someone else's code which is easily available from C but not
>   from ELisp.

Of course, but I don't see any of those apply to this case :).

As I see nproc from core-utils is already doing suggested, and more than so, so
it is just to call it :).

https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/blob/master/lib/nproc.c

PS: it is not directly "a couple of lines" either as someone suggested :).