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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E344BBC4 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:42:25 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiQFANSvn0nRVdqgcGdsb2JhbACUGz8BDAoLBw+vE4VOiEqEDwY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,246,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="21489727" Received: from mail-bw0-f160.google.com ([209.85.218.160]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 21 Feb 2009 16:42:24 +0100 Received: by bwz4 with SMTP id 4so3719858bwz.3 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:42:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hcarty@mulethief.com Received: by 10.103.6.18 with SMTP id j18mr2414466mui.33.1235230943991; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:42:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200902211523.29271.jon@ffconsultancy.com> References: <200902211523.29271.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:42:23 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 78670ab2f8856992 Message-ID: <3a360f590902210742w73120bb5n5af494fff7789c16@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] invoke From: "Hezekiah M. Carty" To: Jon Harrop Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; forks:01 ocaml's:01 2009:98 invoke:01 invoke:01 wrote:01 unix:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 implemented:02 tree:02 parallel:05 parallel:05 function:08 function:08 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Jon Harrop wrote: > > Is the "invoke" function that forks a Unix process to compute a future in > parallel implemented in any of OCaml's third party libraries? I think the parallel processing functions in Prelude.ml (http://github.com/kig/preludeml/tree/master) are built around a forking invoke function based on one you posted a while ago. Hez -- Hezekiah M. Carty Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science