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- From: henk@cs.vu.nl (Henk Smit)
- Subject: Re: PVM vs. Express
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- Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
- References: <1992Nov13.125101.20219@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Nov16.131843.5549@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:58:57 GMT
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- jf@edv6000.tuwien.ac.at (Josef Fritscher) writes:
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- >.........<about PVM communication>........... Of course messages are
- >transported through a daemon, but that is in most cases an advantage.
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- Why is this an advantage ? Every messages between 2 tasks has to go
- through 2 daemons now. The path now takes 3 hops, instead of 1 hop.
- Which advantage is so big, that it outweights this disadvantage in
- speed ?
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- Sincerly,
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- Henk.
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- Henk Smit Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Internet: henk@cs.vu.nl Phone: +31 20 548 6218
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