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| author | garbled <garbled@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-10-13 23:31:03 +0000 |
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| committer | garbled <garbled@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-10-13 23:31:03 +0000 |
| commit | e33bd8b3ae6cf8f8c799f1f3f29d1e30a4c42041 (patch) | |
| tree | 92e1e2e01df17b70f28789046ea505ace49d03e1 /parallel/pvm3/pkg/DESCR | |
| parent | 9a8a16fdc33e135261094dcb797278948ba641b2 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-e33bd8b3ae6cf8f8c799f1f3f29d1e30a4c42041.tar.gz | |
Add the whole parallel category to pkgsrc, and sprinkle it with a few
packages.
mpi-ch:
a free implementation of the Message Passing Interface.
pvm3:
Paralell Virtual Machine libraries and environment
clusterit:
A clustering package for unix
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diff --git a/parallel/pvm3/pkg/DESCR b/parallel/pvm3/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7e8ff50ab9f --- /dev/null +++ b/parallel/pvm3/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a portable message-passing programming +system, designed to link separate host machines to form a ``virtual +machine'' which is a single, manageable computing resource. + +The virtual machine can be composed of hosts of varying types, in +physically remote locations. PVM applications can be composed of any +number of separate processes, or components, written in a mixture of C, +C++ and Fortran. The system is portable to a wide variety of +architectures, including workstations, multiprocessors, supercomputers and +PCs. + +PVM is a byproduct of ongoing research at several institutions, and is +made available to the public free of charge. + +http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm/pvm_home.html |