// before `StartExecute` is called again. Using `StartExecute` with `Join`
  // allows the caller to schedule computation on multiple ParallelDevices
  // without sequencing those operations (first call `StartExecute` on each
  // parallel device, then call `Join` on each; even if some of the `Join`s
  // return a bad status the caller must run all of the `Join`s or any future
  // `StartExecute`s will deadlock).
  //