From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD42BBA7 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:29:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k184TQux010860 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:29:27 +0100 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA32167 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:29:26 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k184TOpp010851 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 05:29:25 +0100 Received: from rosella (ppp21-250.lns2.syd7.internode.on.net [59.167.21.250]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k184TIOw039008; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:59:19 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from skaller@users.sourceforge.net) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: async networking From: skaller To: rick@eltopia.com Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1139347775.10092.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1139129530.15565.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1139160736.10812.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1139288125.19213.36.camel@rosella> <1139347775.10092.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:29:17 +1100 Message-Id: <1139372958.8313.73.camel@rosella> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43E973A6.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 43E973A4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 async:01 threads:01 mlton:01 haskell:01 threading:01 api:01 ocaml:01 bytecode:01 juncture:98 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 data:02 pthreads:02 needing:04 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 13:29 -0800, Rick Richardson wrote: > My only interest lies in high performance networking, specifically in a > high connection / low data volume scenario (at this juncture at least). > The optimal solution is some form of iocp with multiple threads (1 per > open socket initiated at startup). The optimal solution is to use MLton, Haskell, or Felix, which all give you a threading API without needing pthreads. Ocaml bytecode with vmthreads does too, but I think it needs to be fixed to schedule using event notifications instead of select. -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net