Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Justin Hannah <sparc@inetnebr.com>
Subject: Practical Parallel?
Organization: NewCo
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:20:49 -0600
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Well I am astounded about all the tech questions (which I hope to get
involved in later) but I have looked over the readmes of PVM and I would
like to know what others out there are using it for...

The only application (ok, so i'm not that much of a heavyweight user) I
would like to use it for is gcc (and all related utilities).  I would
like to be able to use a network of unix PCs to compile kernels and
software for BSD or Linux.  An hour here and there really adds up when
you don't have an SGI like I used to have laying around...

Basically, is it practical to take an existing unix app and make it run
on multiple machines (any major modifications, etc) and how would you go
about compiling it...

