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Re: IDL and Beowolf ? [message #25924 is a reply to message #25825]

Mon, 23 July 2001 12:52

david[2]
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Craig Markwardt writes:

> As Steve points out, IDL is not really designed for multi-process
> paralellization. On the other hand, I do remember somebody (Eric
> Korpela) on the group posting that they had done multi-processing.
> With IDL's new SOCKET functionality, at least there are some more
> options for interprocess communication.

Let's just say threading IDL out to multiple
processors may not be as far in the future as
we think. Keep an eye out here for news of IDL 5.5.

Time to upgrade from IDL 4.0, Craig? :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: IDL and Beowolf ? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 23 July 2001 12:26
		Re: IDL and Beowolf ? By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 23 July 2001 12:13
		Re: IDL and Beowolf ? By: nobody@nowhere.com (S on Mon, 23 July 2001 12:08
		Re: IDL and Beowolf ? By: George N. White III on Wed, 25 July 2001 06:34
		Re: IDL and Beowolf ? By: david[2] on Mon, 23 July 2001 12:52

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