Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: manchek@duncan.CS.UTK.EDU (Bob Manchek)
Subject: Re: PVM : which and where ??
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Date: 6 Jul 1994 14:34:59 GMT
Message-ID: <2vefejINNslg@CS.UTK.EDU>

In article <CsEyMp.LtL@hkuxb.hku.hk>, aklwong@csd.hku.hk (Adam K. L. WONG) writes:
> 
> 	PVM is new to me. I'd like to ask a few questions about it.
> 
> 	From the info. in this group, I know that I can get pvm 2.4.2
> 	from the ftp site : netlib2.cs.utk.edu. However, I found also
> 	that more update version of pvm (ver. 3.3) is available too
> 	(though there seems some problem in the installation of it).
> 
> 	Which version should I use ? Is the updated one reliable ?
> 	If ver. 3.3 is reliable, where can I get it ? Or if not, is there
> 	any version in between, and where can I get it ?
>

Versions 2 and 3 share a common programming model, but are quite
different.  The last release of version 2 was 2.4.2, more than a
year and a half ago, while we continue to work on version 3.

You can get either from the netlib machine(s), netlib2 is fine.
Version 2 is in directory pvm and version 3 in directory pvm3.
I suggest getting version 3.3.2, it's the most useful and reliable
in my opinion.

The rule for version numbers is generally:  The second version number
changes when major new features are introduced (e.g. 3.2 -> 3.3).
The least version number changes with bug fixes (3.3 has had two
patches so far).

b
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