Again: Uniques in GHC

Isaac Dupree ml at isaac.cedarswampstudios.org
Tue Oct 7 15:33:57 UTC 2014


On 10/07/2014 02:32 AM, p.k.f.holzenspies at utwente.nl wrote:
>> But that would only work on 64 bit systems, right?
> 
> Yes, this approach to a parallel GHC would only work on 64-bit machines.
> The idea is, I guess, that we're not going to see a massive demand for
> parallel GHC running on multi-core 32-bit systems. In other words;
> 32-bit systems wouldn't get a parallel GHC.

On ARM, 32-bit quad-cores are common.  But maybe no one will care to run
GHC on (32-bit) ARM.



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