Re: Re: Octave 3.0

[laytonjb]

> I noticed that the latest Matlab service pack (released in the last few 
> weeks) now includes a Distributed Computing Toolbox and Distributed 
> Computing Engine (see http://www.mathworks.com/products/distribtb/). I 
> haven't used any of the Octave MPI stuff, so I'm pretty ignorant about 
> all this, but I just wondered whether it is feasible or worthwhile to 
> try to be compatible with their way of doing things. In briefly looking 
> over the function definitions, it appears that it would require support 
> for objects.
> 
> -Quentin

The toolbox does not do MPI. It's for embarrasingly
parallel applications (i.e. no communication).

Jeff

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