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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] IPv6 packet parsing

> We have a number of use-cases that run OCaml in kernel mode, directly
> operating on packets read from a network driver that's also written in
> OCaml.  Bigarrays are used as the mechanism for passing around externally
> allocated memory (i.e. network card buffers) directly, whereas inspecting
> them with a string-based Bigarray requires an expensive data copy.

Ok. We don't play in the same league :-)