Brian Granger wrote: > Just as a data point. > > I have used mpi4py before and have built it on many systems ranging > from my macbook to NERSC supercomputers. In my opinion it is > currently the best python mpi bindings available. Lisandro has done a > fantastic job with this. Also Fernando and I have worked hard to make > sure that mpi4py works with the new parallel capabilities of IPython. > > I would love to see mpi4py hosted in a public repository for others to > contribute. I think this would really solidify mpi4py as a top notch > mpi interface. But, my only concern is that there might be many folks > who want to use mpi4py who don't need scipy. I am one of those folks > - I don't necessarily need scipy on the NERSC supercomputers, but I do > need mpi4py. Because of this, I would probably still recommend > keeping mpi4py as a separate project. Is there any chance it could be > hosted at mip4py.scipy.org? > Fine from our side...
eric > I strongly encourage others to try it out. Installation is is easy. > > Brian Granger > > On 10/13/06, Lisandro Dalcin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This post is surely OT, but I cannot imagine a better place to contact >> people about this subject. Please, don't blame me. >> >> Any people here interested in NumPy/SciPy + MPI? From some time ago, >> I've been developing mpi4py (first release at SF) and I am really near >> to release a new version. >> >> This package exposes an API almost identical to MPI-2 C++ bindings. >> Almost all MPI-1 and MPI-2 features (even one-sided communications and >> parallel I/O) are fully supported for any object exposing >> single-segment buffer interface, an only some of them for >> communication of general Python objects (with the help of >> pickle/marshal). >> >> The posibility of constructing any user-defined MPI datatypes, as well >> as virtual topologies (specially cartesian), can be really nice for >> anyone interested in parallel multidimensional array procesing. >> >> Before the next release, I would like to wait for any comment, You can >> contact me via private mail to get a tarbal with latest developments, >> or we can have some discussion here, if many of you consider this a >> good idea. In the long term, I would like to see mpi4py integrated as >> a subpackage of SciPy. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Lisandro Dalcín >> --------------- >> Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales en Ingeniería (CIMEC) >> Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC) >> Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) >> PTLC - Güemes 3450, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina >> Tel/Fax: +54-(0)342-451.1594 >> _______________________________________________ >> Scipy-dev mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
