[plt-scheme] Threads in PLT

Sorry, I just double-checked, and there is indeed no
reference to multi-processor support on their Web
page, so I stand (er, sit, rather) corrected.  I
didn't know about CML until you mentioned it. 
Apparently, Oz supports multi-threading, but not
multi-processors.

I'll check out CML.

Benjamin L. Russell

--- Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I think maybe you misunderstand Matthew.
> 
> Of course, PLT Scheme has multi-threading and a very
> nice way to
> program with multiple threads, namely CML (none of
> this shared
> variable semaphore-based communication here!)
> 
> And does Mozart/Oz really support multiple
> processors? Their web page
> does not claim it does, at least as far as I can
> see.
> 
> Robby
> 
> On Jan 31, 2008 10:55 PM, Benjamin L. Russell
> <dekudekuplex at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yes, that would be a welcome new feature for me,
> too.
> >
> > One of the functional programming languages that I
> am
> > studying is Mozart/Oz, which has good support for
> > multiple threading.  Adding that feature to
> MzScheme
> > would help when writing MzScheme programs that
> > correspond to Oz programs with multithreading.
> >
> > Benjamin L. Russell
> >
> > --- Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > I do not know if the 4xx series will introduce
> > > native threads.
> > >
> > > I doubt that Scheme threads will ever correspond
> to
> > > native threads, but
> > > I hope we can support some form of
> mutiprocessing
> > > eventually.
> >
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