From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id IAA17633; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:37:06 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 IAA17618 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:37:05 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-2.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.254]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gAO7b4113434 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:37:04 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DDA11D8003322D4; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:36:55 +0100 Received: from iliana (81.50.14.178) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DD0D46B0075877B; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:36:54 +0100 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18FrK2-0000Fe-00; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:36:54 +0100 Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 08:36:53 +0100 To: Lauri Alanko Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why systhreads? Message-ID: <20021124073653.GA960@iliana> References: <20021123090806.GA633@la.iki.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021123090806.GA633@la.iki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:08:06AM +0200, Lauri Alanko wrote: > Hello. > > A simple, fundamental question: why is native-code threading done using > system threads? Why isn't pure user-level scheduling used as with > bytecode? I don't really know about windows (which is a pain to use ocaml on anyway) but on unix, you can choose at compile time to use either systhreads or ocamlthreads. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners