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From: Alexander V. Voinov <avv@q...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Will Ocaml use a 4-way SMP box without splitting the program into separate processes? 
Hi Xavier,

Xavier Leroy wrote:
> 
> > As I understand it, Ocaml has one master lock for handling threading.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> > Doesn't this mean that a process can never use more than one processor?
> 
> Yes, if the process is entirely composed of Caml code.  Long-running C
> primitives release the lock, meaning that your 4-processor machine can
> have 1 processor running Caml code and 3 executing C primitives,
> e.g. database queries.

Is this true for both native and bytecode? 

Alexander
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