On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:06:02 +0000, Tim Golden wrote: > I'm trying to come up with something which will illustrate > the usefulness of a distributed processing model. Since I > may not be using the term "distributed" exactly, my > criteria are: > > * It should be clear that the application produces results > sooner when run via multiple cooperating computers > than when run on one. > > * The problem being solved should be broadly comprehensible by > the students. This rules out some abstruse mathematical > calculation which would benefit from multiple processors but > which will fail to engage their interest.
Rendering fractals? Easy to parallelise, easy to code, easy to make slow enough that the speed-up is noticeable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
