Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> On 12-03-2010, Hugo Ferreira <hmf@inescporto.pt> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have opted to use "kernel-level threads" that allow use
>> of the (multi-core) processors but still allow "easy"
>> access to shared memory".
>>
>> I have done a cursory look at:
>> - Ocaml.Threads
>> - Ocaml.Unix (LinuxThreads)
>> - coThreads
>> - Ocamlnet2/3 (netshm, netcamlbox)
>> (An eThreads library exists in the forge but I did not examine this)
>>
> 
> I think you should also have a look at ocaml/mpi for communication:
> http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/ocamlmpi/
> and ancient for accessing read-only memory:
> http://merjis.com/developers/ancient
> 
> MPI can work on a single computer to take advantage of multi-core
> through multi-processus.
> 

Indeed. I did not list these because I was specifically looking for
a share memory solution amongst threads. Seeing as I am forced to use
processes ancient is worth considering.

Thanks,
Hugo F.

> Regards,
> Sylvain Le Gall
> 
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