OpenMP is a set of #pragma that just sit in your C++ code directly. > What I disagree with is that it should be suggested to beginners as the way to paralleliz

OpenMP is a set of #pragma that just sit in your C++ code directly. > What I disagree with is that it should be suggested to beginners as the way to parallelize their C++ programs. I guess we can agree to disagree then. If beginners think your way is easier, they're welcome to try. But there's plenty of production code examples that show the simplicity of OpenMP.