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Re:Multicore OCaml: Feb 2021 with new preprint on Effect Han... by Blikkentrekker on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:41AM (#26425957)
It was my understanding that OCaml without a global runtime lock had existed for quite a while and could be optionally enabled, but in practice only made things slower as it significantly slowed down garbage collection. — was my understanding wrong?
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Re:Multicore OCaml: Feb 2021 with new preprint on Effect Han... by anuragsoni on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:53PM (#26426882)
> was my understanding wrong?

I believe so. There hasn't been any ocaml release where you can opt in to removing the global runtime lock.

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