Hi Jeff
Thank you very much for your detailed answers.
This is the type of information that is hard to find,
even if you read "MPI The Complete Reference" over and over,
highlighting and writing notes on the margins.
Considering what you wrote, and the perhaps only marginal advantage of
copying
On Oct 14, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Gus Correa wrote:
> *1) Can a process send a message to itself?*
>
> The book "MPI: The complete reference, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.", by Snir et al.,
> page 42, section 2.9.9 (Comments on Receive) says:
>
> "Therefore, it is unsafe and non-portable to send self-messages with
Dear OpenMPI Pros
These questions may have appeared before.
Anyway, I am somewhat confused about self-messaging
in MPI and OpenMPI.
Questions:
*1) Can a process send a message to itself?*
The book "MPI: The complete reference, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.", by Snir et al.,
page 42, section 2.9.9 (Comments