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From: jari@hip.atr.co.jp (Jari Vaario)
Subject: Re: PVM Vs. P4
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Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 00:43:26 GMT
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>>>>> "Levkovitz" == Levkovitz Roni <ielavkow@techunix.technion.ac.il> writes:
In article <CqKHqE.GBA@discus.technion.ac.il> ielavkow@techunix.technion.ac.il (Levkovitz Roni) writes:


Levkovitz> Hi Netters, I have to program a large application on a cluster
Levkovitz> of workstations.  I have read some surveys and I saw that there
Levkovitz> are two software system for this purpose that offer more or less
Levkovitz> the same abilities: p4 and PVM.  I am a bit familiar with PVM
Levkovitz> but have no knowledge on P4. Can somebody tell me more about P4
Levkovitz> and which system is better?

I prefer p4, because p4 programs run in various multiprocessor machines as
well (see, for example, http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/lusk/p4/index.htm). 

In any case before starting to use either of them, have a look for MPI
(http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/index.html), that, I guess, will replace both
of them (at least what comes to the user interface) in the near future. At
least use such commands that exist also in MPI in order to interchange them
later.

Good Luck,
Jari Vaario 
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