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 AF686BC0A for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 20:27:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l55IR0h7014021 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 20:27:01 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.104] (12-208-242-210.client.mchsi.com[12.208.242.210]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with SMTP id <20070605182649m9200d985te>; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:26:59 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200706051913.13481.jon@ffconsultancy.com> References: <200706051913.13481.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6E96FC78-2333-406A-8663-251F3C2D43CE@valdosta.edu> Cc: Caml List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jonathan Bryant Subject: Re: [Caml-list] We should all be forking Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:25:21 -0400 To: Jon Harrop X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4665AAF4.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; osx:01 osx:01 caml-list:01 kernel:01 linux:06 relies:06 lazily:07 mean:08 necessarily:11 doesn't:12 doesn't:12 though:12 should:13 does:14 edu:15 > > I believe the performance relies upon the Linux kernel lazily > copying the > process. Does OSX also do that? The man page under OSX doesn't mention anything about copy-on-write. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, though... --Jonathan