From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A8D1BC69 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 09:37:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pih-relay06.plus.net (pih-relay06.plus.net [212.159.14.133]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4U7b3Hp008245 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 09:37:04 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay06.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1HtIjt-0004xQ-4p for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Wed, 30 May 2007 08:37:03 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Faking concurrency using Unix forks and pipes Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:31:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200705300442.59906.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <20070530070229.GB334@first.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20070530070229.GB334@first.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705300831.25376.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 465D299F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; forks:01 bandel:01 camlp:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 unix:01 wrote:01 oliver:01 caml-list:01 concurrency:02 concurrency:02 implemented:02 concurrent:03 ugly:03 On Wednesday 30 May 2007 08:02:30 Oliver Bandel wrote: > I have thought about such stuff, but ot implemented > (because there was no real need for it). I feel dirty when one of my cores is idling. > Since I found OCamlP3l, I'm not shure if implementing > such stuff would make sense, because using OCamlP3l > might be the right way. > > OCamlP3l: http://camlp3l.inria.fr/eng.htm May I just ask Xavier et al. what the ETA is on ocamlp3l? Its just, I really want to take over the world and this is holding us up. ;-) > P.S.: Why did you write "Faking concurrency"? > If the processes are running on a multi-core/multi-processor > machine, using processes can achieve paralellism. Well, yes, I mean it is the ugly sister of concurrent GC. Better than nothing though. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/?e