In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Paul Boddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
|> >
|> > The main difference between MPI python solutions and ppsmp is that with
|> > MPI you have to organize both computations
|> > {MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &id); if id==1 then ... else ....} and
|> > data distribution (MPI_Send / MPI_Recv) by yourself. While with ppsmp
|> > you just submit a function with arguments to the execution server and
|> > retrieve the results later.
|>
|> Couldn't you just provide similar conveniences on top of MPI? Searching
|> for "Python MPI" yields a lot of existing work (as does "Python PVM"),
|> so perhaps someone has already done so.
Yes. No problem.
|> Also, what about various grid toolkits?
If you can find one that is robust enough for real work by someone who
is not deeply into developing Grid software, I will be amazed.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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