Best way to exploit multicores with lua?

[Antonio Vieiro <antonio@...>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find out ways to exploit multicores/multithreading in a
single CPU with Lua (no distributed computing required). The main
requirements for me is for the solution to be portable and high-level
(i.e., not working with locks/mutexes directly).

I've found different solutions out there, but what I'd like to see is
the state-of-the-art on this. Any pointers would be greatly
appreciated!

Cheers,
Antonio