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From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@i...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Will Ocaml use a 4-way SMP box without splitting the program into separate processes? 
> > > 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? 

Yes.  The GC and many parts of the runtime system common to both
compilers are not thread-safe.

- Xavier Leroy
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