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* C / OCaml exchange ratio
@ 2008-08-07 17:30 Florent Monnier
  2008-08-08 10:16 ` [Caml-list] " Florent Monnier
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From: Florent Monnier @ 2008-08-07 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
The manual says that the cost of an ocaml function call from C is more 
expensive than calling a C function from OCaml.

What is approximatively the ratio ?

Is it more or less than 2 ?

-- 
thanks
Florent

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* Re: [Caml-list] C / OCaml exchange ratio
  2008-08-07 17:30 C / OCaml exchange ratio Florent Monnier
@ 2008-08-08 10:16 ` Florent Monnier
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From: Florent Monnier @ 2008-08-08 10:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: caml-list

> The manual says that the cost of an ocaml function call from C is more
> expensive than calling a C function from OCaml.
>
> What is approximatively the ratio ?
>
> Is it more or less than 2 ?

experimentally, I find a ratio of about 5.5
I didn't think the difference was so much.

-- 
Florent


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