Changes in version 0.99.0:

NEW FEATURES

    o   mclapply(), pvec() require only length, [, and (for mclapply) [[.

    o   pvectorize() creates a parallel version of its vectorized function
	argument.

    o   MulticoreParam, SnowParam, DoparParam (foreach-derived),
	SerialParam to parameterize back-ends.

    o   bplapply, bpvec as parallel evaluation models.

    o   bpstart, bpstop, bpisup for back-end management.

    o   bpvec has a new argument AGGREGATE, a function to specify how
	results are to be combined.

SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

    o   BPPARM is now used as the argument name for passing
	BiocParallelParam instances to functions.

    o   bplapply and bpvec now only dispatch on X and BPPARAM.