From: Maciej Golebiewski <s30125@hotbot.com>
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Subject: Re: MPICH on single CPU Linux workstation
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 10:14:00 +0200
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Andrew Westhead wrote:
> 
> Hi,

> Is it possible, and if so, are the results (almost) exactly the same as
> those obtained on a multiprocessor machine? Does the single CPU
> implementation pass messages between seperate processes/threads?
> I would be very grateful for any advice on this subject. Thanks in
> advance

Yes, it will work properly on a single uniprocessor machine and
the messages will be passed between separate processes. One remark:
most probably it'll be slow as dog (or even slower) so it's really
only for debugging.

MAciej