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Re: [mpi-21] Call for MPI 2.2 and 3.0 agenda items for the Jan mee ting



Hi Jeff,

On the boost front, I liked how they implemented their MPI interface that takes advantage of C++ language constructs over and above a simple overlay or wrapper.

However, boost's implementation is boost specific right? I can't compile the same code to another library because it is not standardized. Fortunately, boost is open source.

Is something available for Java? I have yet to find one.

Thanks!

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Subject:	Re: [mpi-21] Call for MPI 2.2 and 3.0 agenda items for the Jan mee ting
Author:	Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:		December 01st 2007 4:55 pm

On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:44 PM, William Emmanuel S. Yu wrote:

> That is right Jeff. Official Java Bindings would be a good first step.
> The goal is to have "consistent" guidelines (standards) for library
> makers.
>
> What is the best way to go about this?

All new MPI topics start with a proposal.  :-)

But before you spend time on a proposal, you might want to ask the  
community if they want official Java bindings.  There were strong  
waves of apathy to prior attempts at standardizing Java bindings.

> The Boost C++ implementation is
> pretty good but only works on ... well ... Boost. No plans to define
> something more consistent across the board? Or maybe this should be  
> done by another group?

I'm not sure what you're asking here.  The Boost MPI package is a fine  
standalone package.  I don't see any reason to standardize it; MPI  
already has basic-building-blocks C++ bindings.

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems