[MLton-devel] calling SML from C; reentrance

[Stephen Weeks]

> 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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