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diff --git a/parallel/pvm3/DESCR b/parallel/pvm3/DESCR index 2aee3f6b023..1486abae013 100644 --- a/parallel/pvm3/DESCR +++ b/parallel/pvm3/DESCR @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ 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. +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. +PCs. PVM is a byproduct of ongoing research at several institutions, and is -made available to the public free of charge. +made available to the public free of charge. |