Parallelize parser table generation on Linux hosts

lib/propane/util.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,32 @@ class Propane
         "#{s}\n* #{message} *\n#{s}\n"
       end
 
+      # Determine the number of threads to use.
+      #
+      # @return [Integer]
+      #   The number of threads to use.
+      def determine_n_threads
+        # Try to figure out how many threads are available on the host hardware.
+        begin
+          case RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"]
+          when /linux/
+            return File.read("/proc/cpuinfo").scan(/^processor\s*:/).size
+          when /mswin|mingw|msys/
+            if `wmic cpu get NumberOfLogicalProcessors -value` =~ /NumberOfLogicalProcessors=(\d+)/
+              return $1.to_i
+            end
+          when /darwin/
+            if `sysctl -n hw.ncpu` =~ /(\d+)/
+              return $1.to_i
+            end
+          end
+        rescue
+        end
+
+        # If we can't figure it out, default to 4.
+        4
+      end
+
     end
 
   end