From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31CFEBC0A for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:51:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.syd.people.net.au (smtp.syd.people.net.au [218.214.225.98]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l547pX2p006999 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:51:35 +0200 Received: (qmail 5539 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2007 07:51:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hendrix.mega-nerd.net) (218.214.64.136) by smtp.syd.people.net.au with SMTP; 4 Jun 2007 07:51:43 -0000 Received: from hendrix (hendrix [192.168.200.99]) by hendrix.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A57322FF4E for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:51:30 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:51:30 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] concurrency using forks and pipes (some working code) Message-Id: <20070604175130.9edebf8f.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: <20070604071415.GF1297@yumegakanau.org> References: <20070604071415.GF1297@yumegakanau.org> Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4663C485.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 forks:01 jocaml:01 threads:01 blog:98 bankruptcy:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 concurrency:02 concurrency:02 implemented:02 btw:02 erik:04 erik:04 pipes:04 Christopher Cramer wrote: > Jon Harrop asked about this recently and I thought it was an interesting > idea and implemented it: > > http://yumegakanau.org/blog/2007/06/03/ Is this not redundant with the recent release of JoCaml? > (BTW I don't think you are "faking" concurrency by using fork...) I consider concurrency with forking the correct way to do it and concurrency with threads as "faking" it :-). Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "TLC declared bankruptcy after they received less than 2 percent of the $175 million earned by their CD sales. That was about 40 times less than the profit that was divided among their management, production and record companies." -- Courtney Love on the REAL piracy