The link given to Reppy's book leads to either: a direct download option which does not work, or a sponsored option which goes to sites that seem unreliable and require us to register. Is the download available more easily elsewhere? I didn't get anywhere with google. Thanks.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Rich Neswold <rich.nesw...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Goswin von Brederlow > <goswin-...@web.de>wrote: > >> 4) Do some magic with Event.t? >> >> Problem: never used this and I could use a small example how to use >> this. >> > > Event.t (and its associated library) *is* magical in that it provides an > absolutely beautiful concurrent programming model. Forget about select() and > mutexes and other ugly threading concepts. Event.t and friends is how it > should be done. > > John H. Reppy's "Concurrent Programming in > ML<http://sharingcentre.net/87081-concurrent-programming-ml.html>" > provides a thorough understanding of how to use this module effectively. > This book presents the material in a very understandable > way: deficiencies in current threading models are discussed as well as how > CML solves the limitations and constraints. The book can be purchased or > downloaded free online. > > The few applications I've written that use CML, I found it was more than > sufficient (speed-wise). Whether your application is more demanding, I can't > tell. > > Hopefully someone on the list with more experience can comment whether > there are caveats (performance-related or others) in OCaml's support of CML. > If there are, there should be an effort in fixing the problems (I would help > in any way I could.) I'd also recommend incorporating Satoshi Ogasawara's > Concurrent > Cell <http://caml.inria.fr/cgi-bin/hump.en.cgi?contrib=654> project into > the standard library. (This project adds IVars and MVars and other > constructs described in John H. Reppy's book, but not available in the OCaml > standard library.) > > Hope this helps! > > -- > Rich > > Google Reader: https://www.google.com/reader/shared/rich.neswold > Jabber ID: r...@neswold.homeunix.net > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > >
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