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From: Helmut Brandl <helmut.brandl@gmx.net>
To: caml users <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Performance penalty for using monad
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:33:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <03ED974A-ACAE-4EEB-AD46-FC4B863F228E@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGrdgiUapCKa1WPfkBWs=Oh4qi9Zxxk=hhYP2ZF6sfvH2QCxzg@mail.gmail.com>

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One more question: It seems that flambda is necessary in order to optimize monadic code. Is there a plan that flambda will be included in a base release of ocaml? 

Up to now all base releases like 4.03.0, 4.04.0, etc. do not include flambda. I have to request the extension if I want it.

Helmut


> On Sep 19, 2017, at 08:24, Jesper Louis Andersen <jesper.louis.andersen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It was some time ago, but I was toying with an encoder/decoder for the "Transit" format (of Clojure/Cognitect fame). That decoder used monads heavily as well, and flambda provided roughly an order of magnitude speedup (and a lower GC pressure as well in addition). It was enough that I made a mental note of using flambda if this ever went into a system with high throughput requirements.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 2:47 PM Helmut Brandl <helmut.brandl@gmx.net <mailto:helmut.brandl@gmx.net>> wrote:
> Thanks for the hint
> 
> Helmut
> > On Sep 18, 2017, at 10:31, Yotam Barnoy <yotambarnoy@gmail.com <mailto:yotambarnoy@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > You might find this
> > (https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-monads-the-missing-monad-transformers-library/830/8 <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-monads-the-missing-monad-transformers-library/830/8>)
> > discussion relevant.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Helmut Brandl <helmut.brandl@gmx.net <mailto:helmut.brandl@gmx.net>> wrote:
> >> I want to restructure my project using monads (reader, state, option, etc.) in order to get cleaner code.
> >>
> >> Is there any performance penalty to pay. From my understanding there shouldn’t be any or only very little since aggressive inlining should be able to compile the monads away.
> >>
> >> Is there any experience on how the optimizing ocaml compiler is able to optimize monadic code?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Helmut
> >>
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-19 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-18 15:23 Helmut Brandl
2017-09-18 15:31 ` Yotam Barnoy
2017-09-19 12:46   ` Helmut Brandl
2017-09-19 13:24     ` Jesper Louis Andersen
2017-09-19 16:33       ` Helmut Brandl [this message]
2017-09-24  9:22         ` David Allsopp
2017-09-24 11:28           ` Yaron Minsky
2017-09-24 20:04             ` Josh Berdine
2017-09-25  8:32               ` Mark Shinwell
2017-09-25  9:25                 ` Josh Berdine

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