From: Max Skaller <maxs@in.ot.com.au>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Interpreter vs hardware threads
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:52:28 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38BC93FC.65E3ED43@in.ot.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14518.34203.741447.637489@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Does anyone know how fast the ocaml bytecode interpreter
'switches' between threads (that is, what is the scheduling overhead?)
Assume most of the threads are waiting (say, on a condition variable).
Asume LOTS of threads (thousands).
[Hardware threads are not fast enough]
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John (Max) Skaller at OTT [Open Telecommications Ltd]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-03-01 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-02-25 13:37 mixing Ocaml with another GC-ed language STARYNKEVITCH Basile
2000-02-29 10:24 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-03-01 3:48 ` Nice feature Max Skaller
2000-03-01 3:52 ` Max Skaller [this message]
2000-03-01 18:55 ` Interpreter vs hardware threads Michael Hicks
2000-03-01 20:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2000-03-02 18:18 ` William Chesters
2000-03-03 16:59 ` John Max Skaller
2000-03-06 17:35 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-03-06 23:11 ` John Max Skaller
2000-03-07 13:19 ` Julian Assange
2000-03-08 20:12 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-03-19 6:10 ` Julian Assange
2000-03-08 23:30 ` Max Skaller
2000-03-02 17:25 David Gurr
2000-03-03 9:10 Edwin Young
2000-03-06 13:42 ` William Chesters
2000-03-03 12:12 Juergen Pfitzenmaier
2000-03-07 8:30 Simon Peyton-Jones
2000-03-08 20:02 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-03-12 1:45 ` Julian Assange
2000-03-07 9:06 Simon Peyton-Jones
2000-03-10 18:01 Manuel Fahndrich
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