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This library provides user-level threads for bytecode applications. We do not believe this library is still actively used. Additionally, several widely used alternatives exist, such as the Lwt [1] or Async [2] libraries. As a result, we decided to deprecate and then delete it from the compiler distribution in order to simplify its maintenance. Note that the threads library, which provides support for system threads is still present and actively supported. Thanks, Jeremie [1] https://github.com/ocsigen/lwt [2] https://github.com/janestreet/async