====== General information ======


"OCaml4Multicore" is an OCaml modification to allow the use of **parallel** POSIX Threads with OCaml.
This started as an [[http://ocamlsummerproject.com/|OCaml Summer Project]] 2008 funded by [[http://www.janestreet.com/|Jane Street Capital]].
====== Features ======

For performance reasons, OCaml4MultiCore is currently only distributed for [[Why AMD64|AMD/Intel 64-bit architecture]], as a patch to OCaml 3.10.2. A version working on Linux/x86-32bit, Linux/x86-64bit, MacOSX/x86-64bit is in development as a patch to OCaml 3.11.1.

It provides

  * a sequential Stop & Copy GC allowing the use of parallel threads
  * parameterized heap and page sizes

Feel free to contact us for any bug report or feedback.

====== Distribution / Download ======

You can [[download]] the full source of OCaml4MultiCore.
It contains several patches you need to apply to the [[http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.10/ocaml-3.10.2.tar.gz|3.10.2 version]] of [[http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/release.en.html|OCaml]], which was the current version when development started. See the README file for more informations about the installation.

**Warning : For testing purpose only. It should not be used for production.**

====== License ======

OCaml4MultiCore is a free software under the [[http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-en.html|CeCILL-B license]].
====== Documentation ======

  * [[Installation]]
  * [[FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]

Feel free to [[contact]] us for any question or bug report.


====== Authors ======

   * [[contact|Mathias Bourgoin]]
   * [[contact|Adrien Jonquet]]
   * [[contact|Emmanuel Chailloux]]
   * [[contact|Benjamin Canou]]
   * [[contact|Philippe Wang]]