[MLton-devel] calling SML from C; reentrance
Stephen Weeks
MLton@mlton.org
Fri, 16 May 2003 14:35:55 -0700
> What are the advantages of executing the function on top of the current
> stack? I mean, once there are any thread primitives in the program, we're
> pretty well hosed for some optimizations, so whether or not we can ensure
> that only one stack exists at runtime won't make much of a difference.
The only difference is a performance issue. Thread and stack
aollocation cost something. Locality is probably also better with one
stack. But it's not a big deal.
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