Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Bela Ban <bba@zurich.ibm.com>
Subject: PVM on shared memory computers ?
Organization: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:39:52 +0200
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Hi !

I read in the PVM's Users's Guide that PVM is only available on
distributed-memory computers. Can someone tell me what would prevent PVM
from being run on shared-memory computers ? I even think there is the
advantage of sharing data structures rather than having to send data
(including marshalling / unmarshalling ) between processes !

Is there a PVM implementation for shared-memory computers available ?

Sorry if this question has already been asked, but I couldn't find any
answer yet (not in the manual)...

-- 
Regards,
Bela Ban, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
CH-8803 Rueschlikon/Switzerland
email: bba@zurich.ibm.com   (ban@ifi.unizh.ch),
http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~bba/

