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From: Jeff Shaw <shawjef3@msu.edu>
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 jocaml:01 ocaml:01 runtime:01 haskell:01 threads:01 sml:01 sml:01 unix:01 functional:02 programming:03 library:03 concurrent:04 processors:04 processors:04 

My understanding is that since jocaml uses the regular ocaml runtime, it 
is also not multicore enabled.

Haskell is a functional language that has good performance that can use 
multiple processors, but the learning curve is steeper and higher.

OCaml is a close relative of Standard ML, so there might be some 
implementation of SML that you like. MLTon might allow multicore use, 
but I'm not sure how mature it is. SML/NJ has a library or language 
extension called Concurrent ML, but I think SML/NJ might not use 
multiple processors.

Note that if you're not using a lot of threads, you can use Unix.fork to 
do true multithreaded programming ocaml.