From: Hoai Tran Van <hoai@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
Subject: Re: pvm vs. mpi
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:42:38 +0200
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Hi Juergen,

  I'm not an expert in MPI & PVM programming. But both are the same
(message passing interface). Few days ago, I got a paper discussing
about the differences between them. If you need it, i will try to take
and send the internet address of its.
  Anyway, you can learn one of them and switch easily to another. Some
guys said : MPI for parallel computer and PVM for networked
workstations.
  Hope to discuss with you about it.

  Hoai
  
Juergen Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> on one of the mpi (lam) homepages there is a list of
> "TOP 10 reasons why one should use mpi instead of pvm".
> Now this list is on the MPI Homepage and of course doesn't
> state anything about why one should use pvm instead of mpi.
> 
> I am currently trying to decide which system to use and ask you
> to give me arguments for pvm. I am a newbie in this area and
> quite helpless at the moment.
> But I surely only want to read the detailed documentation of one system.
> 
> Thanks for your help, Juergen
> 
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> Dipl.-Phys. Jürgen Hoffmann
> Institut für Angewandte Physik
> Universität Karlsruhe
> D-76128 Karlsruhe
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