Hi,
Many systems have a grouping of modules, and also EB allows to put the
module in a module class. After installing some software, we have now
this list:
all bio cae chem compiler data devel lang lib math mpi numlib
phys system toolchain tools vis
I can understand the division 'software compilers libs mpi', however, I
don't see the point of having the others. We had some discussions about
this here at our centre, but I didn't really hear a convincing argument yet.
According to me, a user will look for a specific software on the
cluster, and an alphabetical list of all software is easier than looking
first for the class and then the software. I have never searched for
'let's see if this cluster has something under bio I could perhaps use.'
There is also quite a lot of programmes that don't really fit into one
category. Isn't python a compiler too? Is Matlab a tool? Math? Engineering?
There must be a good reason out there why these classes are used,
anybody an idea?
Thanks!
Bart
PS What does cae stand for?
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