Are you proposing that we specify a weak rule here, one which we beleive
everyone will really implement?
Lloyd
BTW I have always been a firm supporter of a strict/accurate interpretation of
the progress rule. I go to great lengths to try to ensure that it is met on my
implementations.
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From: Eric Salo on Fri, Jan 24, 1997 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: 5.6 Semantics and correctness
To: mpi-1sided
> It is entirely legal to defer one sided operations to the complete. In
> contrast it is NOT legal to defer a non-blocking send or recv until the
wait.
But most of us do it anyway, as the good Mr. Burns so eloquently points out:
Fortunately, the total lack of correct implementations has resulted
in the acceptance of the weak interpretation of the progress rule.
Otherwise, you would need to have or to build an OS to implement MPI
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