Getting locks and sharing: was RE: Getting concurrency

[Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB)]

Matthias Lang wrote:
>
> Reto Kramer writes:
> 
>  > Where can I learn about what's been done in the past and 
> get a sense of 
>  > the Erlang specific challenges and the complexity of such 
> a multi CPU 
>  > aware VM?  Did the HiPE group attempt this in the past?
> 
> Pekka Hedqvist and Tony Rogvall (not the HIPE group) implemented
> exactly such a beast for the (now defunct) JAM VM. I can't find the
> report online, but here's a summary from memory:

http://www.erlang.se/publications/xjobb/0089-hedqvist.pdf


/Uffe