[gambit-list] Qwaq releases Hydra multi-core Squeak VM « The
Jeff Read
bitwize at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 09:04:31 EST 2008
Brad,
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Bradley Lucier <lucier at math.purdue.edu> wrote:
>
> There's currently a lot of interest in education and in funding
> agencies for multi-core programming strategies; here's another
> implementation. Gambit may be good for this.
>
The Hydra VM seems to work, if I read the description right, by
running a separate Squeak image on each core.
This is not the multicore solution we are looking for.
You are right, though; programming for multicore CPUs is becoming
increasingly important and support for it should be a design goal for
Gambit.
--Jeff
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