does octave support multicore?

[Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>]

I couldn't find a clear answer on google other than a package called multicore for octave. 
I was wondering if octave can utilize multiple cores (multithreaded operations) by default 
(as matlab partially does) or not?

The question is whether it's worth to invest in a quad core for octave or whether it won't 
be able to utilize it and a dual core is enough.

Thanks