Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: peter@usfca.edu (Peter Pacheco)
Subject: Re: MPI books, etc.
Organization: University of San Francisco
Date: 21 Nov 1996 17:41:35 GMT
Message-ID: <57248f$4ek@jeeves.usfca.edu>

Hi Jeremy,

"Using MPI" by Gropp, Lusk, and Skjellum has a chapter on converting
programs written using other parallel software to MPI.  My book,
"Parallel Programming with MPI", is very elementary -- it only assumes
some knowledge of conventional programming.  I guess that the book 
you choose should depend on which is written larger "convert programmes
to MPI" or "suitable for a bear of very little brain" ;-).  Further info 
on "Using MPI" can be found at the Argonne MPI page,
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/learning.html.  Further info on my book can 
be found at http://www.usfca.edu/mpi.  The Argonne page also has 
information on a lot of other ways to learn about MPI.

Best wishes,
Peter Pacheco

Jeremy Henderson (jeremy@tattoo.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
: can anyone recommend a book, or other material, suitable for a bear
: of very little brain, to learn to convert programmes to MPI?

: Simple examples a definite advantage.

