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Update instructions for parallel-letter-frequency (exercism#2713)
The exercise docs suggested that the submitted code is automatically tested for the usage of parallelism. This is not the case, so the paragraph rewritten to instead suggest students to check for parallelism themselves. To help, a few links to resources about concurrency and parallelism in Java are added.
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# Instructions append
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Single-threaded (non-concurrent) solutions can pass all tests [but the last.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZZNHekEQw) Your solution will be tested for concurrency by submitting it as a [Runnable](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Runnable.html) to an [ExecutorService.](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/ExecutorService.html) Your solution must leverage multiple [Threads](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html) to pass the final test.
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The automated tests are currently not checking for parallelism. Please ensure yourself that your solution is using some form of parallelism, like threads or parallel streams.
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Java documentation on [parallel streams](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/streams/parallelism.html) may provide some help.
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The following resources may help you with this:
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- [Concurrency (Oracle Java Tutorials)](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency)
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- [Java Concurrency (Baeldung)](https://www.baeldung.com/java-concurrency)
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- [Java 8 Parallel Streams (Baeldung)](https://www.baeldung.com/java-8-streams#parallel-streams)
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As a stretch goal, consider if your implementation will work for characters with [diacritics or accents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic). For example, such solutions should not consider e and ë the same character. An example text for this case is [Wilhelmus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus), the Dutch national anthem.

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