ml threads

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

ML Threads

   {SML/NJ} with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in
   {Modula-2+} and {Mesa}.  Written by Greg Morrisett
   <[email protected]>.

   {Lightweight threads} are created using {fork}.  They are
   {pre-emptive}ly scheduled and communicate via {shared memory}
   which can be protected by a "{mutex}" ({monitor}).

   Implementations for {Motorola 68020}, {SPARC} and {MIPS} and
   {VAX}- and {MIPS}-based multiprocessors.

   ["Adding Threads to Standard ML", E. Cooper et al,
   CMU-CS-90-186, CMU Dec 1990].