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 56E01BC68 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:15:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sigma957.cis.mcmaster.ca (sigma957.CIS.McMaster.CA [130.113.64.83]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8PCFHwJ025524 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:15:18 +0200 Received: from Gorash7.UTS.McMaster.CA (Gorash7.UTS.McMaster.CA [130.113.196.61]) by sigma957.cis.mcmaster.ca (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k8PCF67h014616 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:15:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cgpsrv2.cis.mcmaster.ca (univmail.CIS.McMaster.CA [130.113.64.46]) by Gorash7.UTS.McMaster.CA (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k8PCE5DS005939 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:14:05 -0400 Received: from [69.193.76.85] (account carette@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca HELO [192.168.1.101]) by cgpsrv2.cis.mcmaster.ca (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP-TLS id 141246481 for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:14:32 -0400 Message-ID: <4517C7FE.8080102@mcmaster.ca> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:13:50 -0400 From: Jacques Carette Organization: McMaster University User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Regarding SMP computing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version-Mac: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.9.25.43443 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_2_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4517C855.009 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; peyton-jones:01 garbage:01 ghc:01 mcmaster:02 jacques:03 jacques:03 fix:04 parallel:05 computing:05 simon:07 release:08 execution:10 machines:10 bit:10 yet:11 Over on Haskell-cafe, Simon Peyton-Jones says: "GHC 6.6 (release candidate available) supports parallel execution on SMP machines. Garbage collection is not parallelised yet, something we plan to fix this autumn." A bit of competition is a good thing, isn't it? Jacques