Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Craig Yoshioka
When you write HPC code the GIL isn't an issue, but you'll have plenty of others. Craig reporting from the road 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla CA 92037 work: 858 784 9208 cell: 619 623 2233 On Jan 13, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin >

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Janssen
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > On 14 January 2013 02:33, Mark Janssen wrote: >> Lol, well that's why I'm asking. I don't see how they can do it >> without considerable difficulties. > > What do you want the GIL for across machines? The normal purpose of > the GIL is to

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 14 January 2013 02:46, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Oscar Benjamin > wrote: >> On 14 January 2013 02:33, Mark Janssen wrote: >>> Lol, well that's why I'm asking. I don't see how they can do it >>> without considerable difficulties. >> >> What do you want the GIL for

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 14 January 2013 02:22, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin > wrote: >> On 14 January 2013 02:10, Mark Janssen wrote: >>> Has anyone used python for high-performance computing on Beowulf clusters? >> >> Yes. > > How did they deal with the Global interpreter lo

Re: Beowulf clusters

2013-01-13 Thread Mark Janssen
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > On 14 January 2013 02:10, Mark Janssen wrote: >> Has anyone used python for high-performance computing on Beowulf clusters? > > Yes. How did they deal with the Global interpreter lock across many machines? Cheers, Mark -- http://mail.py