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Re: To PVM or not to PVM [message #41861 is a reply to message #41797]

Mon, 06 December 2004 21:06

Craig Markwardt
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Robert Barnett <retsil@zipworld.com.au> writes:

> Hi,
>
> This post is about Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM). PVM is useful for
> creating distributed computing clusters. Using clusters a high
> computational load can be split up amongst many processors on a
> network. More information about PVM is avilable from
> http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm/pvm_home.html.

My question is simple. Why would you spend your valuable time
changing from a system that works (I gather), to a system that you'd
have to learn from scratch, and that may or may not work? I'm not
trying to be facetious. Some people like a challenge, but there has
to be some other reward, no?

Craig

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		Re: To PVM or not to PVM By: Robert Barnett on Tue, 07 December 2004 14:44
		Re: To PVM or not to PVM By: Liam Gumley on Tue, 07 December 2004 07:30
		Re: To PVM or not to PVM By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 06 December 2004 21:06
		Re: To PVM or not to PVM By: ronn on Thu, 09 December 2004 04:09

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