Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: Reto Koradi <kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch>
Subject: Re: Help ! How to learn mpi
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 18:48:55 +0200
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adamsh@gezernet.co.il wrote:
> I am new to MPI and parallel processing (i have many years of
> experience in C/C++ and other conventional software). Can somebody
> help me in recommending good books, articles, or even software for
> learning about parallel computing and mpi.

I was very happy with the following book:

  Using MPI
  Gropp, Lusk, and Skjellum
  MIT Press, 1994
  ISBN 0-262-57104-8

It doesn't treat some advanced topics in much depth, but it's
very understandable, and describes all essentials. Most example
programs are in C, but the most basic example is also listed in
a Fortran version, and both C and Fortran bindings are listed for
all functions, so it's no problem even if you program in Fortran.
-- 
Reto Koradi (kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch, http://www.mol.biol.ethz.ch/~kor)