Intel® C++ Compiler 18.0 Developer Guide and Reference
Intel® Cilk™ Plus – an extension to the C and C++ languages to support data and task parallelism – is being deprecated in the 2018 release of Intel® Software Development Tools. It will remain in deprecation mode in the Intel® C++ Compiler for an extended period of two years. It is highly recommended that you start migrating to standard parallelization models such as OpenMP* and Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB). For more information see Migrate Your Application to use OpenMP* or Intel® TBB Instead of Intel® Cilk™ Plus.
Intel® Cilk™ Plus, included in the Intel® C++ Compiler, allows you to improve performance by adding parallelism to new or existing C or C++ programs.
Most of the information pertains to all platforms; differences are noted in the text.
For a description of Intel® Cilk™ Plus features, see Getting Started.
Application developers who use Intel® Cilk™ Plus need at least a working knowledge of C or C++ programming: expert-level knowledge of C or C++ is optimal.