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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF92BC69 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 19:06:21 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAABKZLUfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACOcQIBCAop X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,369,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="5440841" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Nov 2007 19:06:21 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA4I6Ksm018704 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 19:06:20 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAK2YLUdCM8deg2dsb2JhbACOcQIBCAQGERY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,369,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="18925909" Received: from mail9.dslextreme.com ([66.51.199.94]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with SMTP; 04 Nov 2007 19:06:19 +0100 Received: (qmail 29637 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2007 18:06:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO foobears.local) (erickt@68.183.27.254) by mail9.dslextreme.com with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) SMTP; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:06:17 -0800 Message-ID: <472E0A0D.3010106@dslextreme.com> Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:06:05 -0800 From: Erick Tryzelaar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Harrop Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Concurrent ocamlbuild References: <200711041309.44590.jon@ffconsultancy.com> In-Reply-To: <200711041309.44590.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 472E0A1C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; twiddling:01 high-level:01 jocaml:01 jocaml:01 wrote:01 rewrite:01 compile:01 caml-list:01 seems:03 languages:03 concurrent:04 quake:05 mean:08 i'm:09 core:09 Did you see the -j N option? > ocamlbuild -h ... -j Allow N jobs at once (0 for unlimited) ... Jon Harrop wrote: > When I'm not cuddling my dual core, I enjoy using tools such as POVRay, > pbzip2, quake4-smp and ocamlbuild. > > Unfortunately, ocamlbuild only seems to spawn a single compile at a time, > leaving my other core twiddling its thumbs. > > Call me crazy, but I was thinking of forking ocamlbuild and doing a complete > rewrite in a high-level language like JoCaml. However, I fear my boss will > object on the grounds that finding me a successor versed in fringe languages > like JoCaml would be prohibitively difficult. I'll ask her when she's > finished making lunch but, in the mean time, what do you guys think?