That's big news!  Is there some timeframe/detail for this?  I imagine it would be world 2 + 1, where the microthreads are still retained, but multicore capable, FFI can be non-blocking, and works with both 3m/cgc... correct? Thanks, yc <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Robby Findler <<a href="mailto:robby@cs.uchicago.edu">robby@cs.uchicago.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Just in case you didn't already know the answer, we're in world 2, but moving into world 1 (thanks to work at Utah). Robby <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Blake McBride <<a href="mailto:blake@mcbride.name">blake@mcbride.name</a>> wrote: > > It would be great if you could add one of the following two paragraphs to > the PLT Scheme Reference section <a href="http://1.1.13." target="_blank">1.1.13.</a> > > 1.  PLT Scheme supports true native / OS threads meaning that multiple core > CPU's are fully taken advantage of. > > -or- > > 2.  PLT Scheme simulates threads within scheme in an OS portable way.  All > scheme threads run within one (or a small or limited number) of OS threads. > Multi-core CPU's are therefore not fully utilized. > > > Many Scheme's and Lisp's out there say they support threads but how they do > this (cooperative/pre-emptive, native/simulated) makes all the difference in > the world.  Sadly, virtually no one's documentation makes it clear what you > are dealing with.  Adding the above text would clarify the matter. > > Thanks. > > Blake McBride > > > > </div></div>> _________________________________________________ >  For list-related administrative tasks: >  <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a> > > _________________________________________________  For list-related administrative tasks:  <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a> </blockquote></div>