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=AWL 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 41F7FBC69 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:14:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pih-relay06.plus.net (pih-relay06.plus.net [212.159.14.133]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5OHEdmN004124 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:14:40 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay06.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1I2Vfb-0003Ft-5X for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:14:39 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Bytecode and native code GC Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:08:46 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706241808.46731.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 467EA67F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bytecode:01 bytecode:01 ocamlc:01 ocamlc:01 cmo:01 ocamlopt:01 ocamlopt:01 asmdynlink:01 bytecodes:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 cma:01 alain:01 modules:02 =46rom Alain Frisch's website: > It is not possible to load native code from a bytecode program. It is not > possible to load bytecode modules from a native program. Repeat after me:= a > program produced by ocamlc/ocamlc.opt can only load .cmo/.cma files and a > program produced by ocamlopt/ocamlopt.opt can only load .cmxs file. Thanks > for your attention. If you really want to load bytecode from a native > program, you can try Fabrice Le Fessant's Asmdynlink. =20 Why is this? I recall someone saying that the run-times are slightly differ= ent=20 for native and bytecodes but how exactly do they differ any why? =2D-=20 Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. The OCaml Journal http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_journal/?e