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From: Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
To: "'Eray Ozkural'" <examachine@gmail.com>,
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Subject: RE: Threading and SharedMem (Re: [Caml-list] Re: Is OCaml fast?)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:13:22 -0000
Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; threading:01 ocaml:01 cheers:01 eray:01 wrote:01 heap:01 caml-list:01 shared:06 thread:06 desired:16 separate:16 possible:17 would:18 cannot:21 that:23 

What would be responsible for collecting the shared heap?

Cheers,
Jon.

Eray wrote:
> Seconded, why is this not possible? That is to say, why cannot each thread
maintain a separate GC,
> if so desired?