## not necessarily reproducible examples.

library(parallel)


cl <- makeCluster(getOption("mc.cores", 2))

clusterApply(cl, 1:2, get("+"), 3)
xx <- 1
clusterExport(cl, "xx")
clusterCall(cl, function(y) xx + y, 2)

parSapply(cl, 1:20, get("+"), 3)

clusterEvalQ(cl, {
  ## set up each worker.  Could also use clusterExport()
  library(boot)
  cd4.rg <- function(data, mle) MASS::mvrnorm(nrow(data), mle$m, mle$v)
  cd4.mle <- list(m = colMeans(cd4), v = var(cd4))
  NULL
})
res <- clusterEvalQ(cl, boot(cd4, corr, R = 100,
                    sim = "parametric", ran.gen = cd4.rg, mle = cd4.mle))
library(boot)
cd4.boot <- do.call(c, res)
boot.ci(cd4.boot,  type = c("norm", "basic", "perc"),
        conf = 0.9, h = atanh, hinv = tanh)
stopCluster(cl)