Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Dave Thurman <dave@isye.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: [Q] PVM and Java
Organization: ISyE - Ga Tech
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 15:04:51 -0500
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I contacted the PVM people at ORNL a month or so ago and asked about
this.  They said they knew of no efforts, so I volunteered to give it a
try.

As a first attempt, I'm trying to simply get Java to use the existing
PVM library since Java supports links to native C code.  So far, I've
been able to compile the PVM library into a shared library which Java
can load.  Haven't yet figured out all the intricacies of using it yet,
but hope to next week.

If that is successful, I might then take a look at what would be
necessary to implement PVM completely in Java though that is obviously a
much larger undertaking.  If anyone else is interested in helping, drop
me a line.

-dave

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School of Industrial and Systems Engineering	FAX:	(404) 894-2301
Georgia Institute of Technology	
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