From: Barrett Richard <rbarrett@lanl.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
Subject: Re: problems with MPI_Cancel()
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 12:38:26 -0600
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Eric,

Eric Salo wrote:
> I'm well aware of what the standard says, Jim, but I'm also aware of
> the current state of the world. And in that world, only a very few
> implementors care about whether their MPI_Cancel() follows the strict
> letter of the law and even fewer bother to do anything about it.

Hey, man, some of us use mpi to _escape_ the real world. Remember,
it's MPI_COMM_WORLD, _not_ MPI_REAL_WORLD. I'm devastated.

Richard

> Eric Salo      Silicon Graphics      salo@sgi.com