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From: Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
To: "'Martin Jambon'" <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org>, <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Efficient OCaml multicore -- roadmap?
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:02:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <040a01cbeefc$441ece70$cc5c6b50$@ffconsultancy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D8CDDCC.4010000@ens-lyon.org>

Martin Jambon wrote:
> The solution would be to use get/set via a message-passing interface.

That is rarely a solution in the context of parallel programming because the sole point is to improve performance and that is hugely inefficient (you are introducing massive contention for shared resources unnecessarily).

Cheers,
Jon.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-30 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2011-03-24 23:13 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-03-25  0:23   ` [Caml-list] " Sylvain Le Gall
2011-03-25  9:55   ` [Caml-list] " Alain Frisch
2011-03-25 11:44     ` Gerd Stolpmann
     [not found]   ` <1396338209.232813.1301046980856.JavaMail.root@zmbs4.inria.fr>
2011-03-25 10:23     ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-03-25 12:07       ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-04-16 12:12         ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-25 10:51   ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-03-25 12:25     ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-03-25 12:58       ` Hugo Ferreira
     [not found]       ` <341494683.237537.1301057887481.JavaMail.root@zmbs4.inria.fr>
2011-03-25 13:10         ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-03-25 13:41           ` Dario Teixeira
2011-03-30 18:12             ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-25 15:44           ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-03-25 18:24             ` Martin Jambon
2011-03-25 19:19               ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-03-25 20:26                 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-03-26  9:11                   ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-03-26 10:31                   ` Richard W.M. Jones
2011-03-30 16:56                     ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-30 19:24                       ` Richard W.M. Jones
2011-04-20 21:44                   ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-19  9:57                 ` Eray Ozkural
2011-04-19 10:05                   ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-04-19 20:26                   ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-04-20  7:59                     ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-04-20 12:30                       ` Markus Mottl
2011-04-20 12:53                         ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-04-20 13:22                           ` Markus Mottl
2011-04-20 14:00                       ` Edgar Friendly
2011-04-19 22:49                 ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-30 17:02               ` Jon Harrop [this message]
2011-04-20 19:23               ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-20 20:05                 ` Alexy Khrabrov
2011-04-20 23:00                   ` Jon Harrop
     [not found]                   ` <76544177.594058.1303341821437.JavaMail.root@zmbs4.inria.fr>
2011-04-21  7:48                     ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-04-21  8:35                       ` Hugo Ferreira
2011-04-23 17:32                         ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-21  9:09                       ` Alain Frisch
     [not found]                         ` <799994864.610698.1303412613509.JavaMail.root@zmbs4.inria.fr>
2011-04-22  8:06                           ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-04-22  9:11                             ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-04-23 10:17                               ` Eray Ozkural
2011-04-23 13:47                                 ` Alexy Khrabrov
2011-04-23 17:39                                   ` Eray Ozkural
2011-04-23 20:18                                     ` Alexy Khrabrov
2011-04-23 21:18                                       ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-24  0:33                                       ` Eray Ozkural
2011-04-28 14:42                                         ` orbitz
2011-04-23 19:02                                 ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-22  9:44                             ` Vincent Aravantinos
     [not found]                         ` <20110421.210304.1267840107736400776.Christophe.Troestler+ocaml@umons.ac.be>
2011-04-21 19:53                           ` Hezekiah M. Carty
2011-04-22  8:34                           ` Alain Frisch
2011-04-21 10:09                       ` Philippe Strauss
2011-04-23 17:44                         ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-23 17:05                       ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-20 20:30                 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-04-20 23:33                   ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-25 20:27             ` Philippe Strauss
2011-04-19 22:47           ` Jon Harrop
     [not found]           ` <869445701.579183.1303253283515.JavaMail.root@zmbs4.inria.fr>
2011-04-20  9:25             ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2011-03-25 18:45   ` Andrei Formiga
2011-03-30 17:00     ` Jon Harrop
2011-04-13  3:36   ` Lucas Dixon
2011-04-13 13:01     ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-04-13 13:09       ` Lucas Dixon
2011-04-13 23:04       ` Goswin von Brederlow
2011-04-16 13:54     ` Jon Harrop
2011-03-24 13:44 Alexy Khrabrov
2011-03-24 14:57 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-03-24 15:03   ` Joel Reymont
2011-03-24 15:28     ` Guillaume Yziquel
2011-03-24 15:48       ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-03-24 15:38     ` Gerd Stolpmann
2011-03-25 19:49   ` Richard W.M. Jones

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