From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF75BB9A for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:01:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from qproxy.gmail.com (qproxy.gmail.com [72.14.204.193]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j9LA1EYt004232 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:01:15 +0200 Received: by qproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id e11so43927qbe for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:01:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=XvGPcB2lvouljj32bEC7fo/HQjf/qkR1drAUdlJVWVhpGSQuOrth/GBVney4pSrL6k6Ywj2CuLd/2SqkEai9wPqiX+8u7+u+omMbrtFX6G6eG1CgLgdPc1ZV1AyrwGQtmQ20TPsEeNQCnsbzgppXNK+DQWZNrCXo+z/K3zq0xrQ= Received: by 10.65.206.6 with SMTP id i6mr1949863qbq; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.35.7 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:01:14 +1300 From: Jonathan Roewen To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] The Bytecode Interpreter... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4358BC6A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bytecode:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 libs:01 runtime:01 toplevel:01 bytecode:01 ...:98 kernel:01 native:02 limitations:02 concurrent:02 dynamic:03 interpreter:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_BY_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Hi, I'm having a few reservations over ocaml native code as an OS/kernel, due to some limitations with the language environment (no dynamic libraries for ocaml libs or runtime, no concurrent GC). How does the toplevel differ from the bytecode interpreter? Am I right that bytecode just runs in a VM? Also, is the VM written in OCaml itself? Jonathan