number of cores

cpu_count.ml

let cpu_count () = 
  try match Sys.os_type with 
  | "Win32" -> int_of_string (Sys.getenv "NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS") 
  | _ ->
    let i = Unix.open_process_in "getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN" in
     let close () = ignore (Unix.close_process_in i) in
     try Scanf.fscanf i "%d" (fun n -> close (); n) with e -> close (); raise e
  with
  | Not_found | Sys_error _ | Failure _ | Scanf.Scan_failure _ 
  | End_of_file | Unix.Unix_error (_, _, _) -> 1