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From: Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
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Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Efficient OCaml multicore -- roadmap?

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.