Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: tony@aurora.cs.msstate.edu (Tony Skjellum)
Subject: Re: MCI or AT&T // MPI or PVM ?
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: 21 Jun 1995 03:01:38 GMT
Message-ID: <3s822i$3tu@NNTP.MsState.Edu>

Xiaobai, your mail is not specific enough for anyone to give you
a credible answer.  It seems like a blanket criticism, from
someone who could benefit from some minutes using a Mosaic browser.

There is significant effort to document MPI ... look at
http://www.erc.msstate.edu/mpi, for instance.

There are several MPI implementations (for instance, vendors
are implementing them).  This is to provide you with higher
quality results.  You can read about that at the above
URL, or elsewhere on the web.  Argonne/Mississippi State is
one, LAM from Ohio State is another.  Commercial systems will
be available too.  Much like the comparison of GNU software
to vendor-specific compilers...  

As to CM-5 problems, please refer an actual bug report to
the developers.  MPICH bugs can be referred to mpi-bugs@mcs.anl.gov.
We get reports and fix bugs and make improvements.

-Tony Skjellum

 

Xiaobai Sun (xiaobai@cs.duke.edu) wrote:
: AT&T have been running commercials claiming for 'no circle', 
: 'true voice', and 'better service'. 

: There seems a circle or triangular with MPI: Argonne
: version,  Mississippi version and Ohio version. Should I have
: one of them or have the whole circle ? What is the best way 
: for one to explain to new MPI users about the circle ?

: We have been installing and testing MPI on a CM-5. Our
: messages sometimes are delivered with a significant delay or
: lost in a wonderland.

: It seems hard to make the first installation of MPI working,
: the 2nd try is not much easier either. We need better 
: instructions on MPI installation. 

: Finally, for your information, the 800 number for MCI phone 
: card is 
:                 1-800-MPI-7000 ! 

: -- 
: Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129
: Internet:	USER@cs.duke.edu

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Anthony Skjellum, Asst. Professor, MSU/CS/ERC, Ph: (601)325-8435; FAX: (601)325-8997.
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