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From: qiclab.UUCP!nelsons%psu-cs@uunet.UU.NET (Shannon Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Shared mem vs msg passing
Keywords: shared memory, message passing
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Date: 2 Jun 88 11:55:34 GMT
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I'm doing some basic research for myself, and thought I'd ask the
opinion of 'those in the know'.  I know the basics of what shared
memory and message passing architectures are, and I am somewhat
familiar with how they are used, tho' I've had little experience
in programming actual machines.

My questions, then are:

    In Your Opinion, 

    1. Which architecture is easier to program for, and why;

    2. Does #1 depend on the application, and why;

    3. Who makes the "best" machine of the two architectures, and why.

I realize that there are no cut and dried answers for the above
questions, but I would appriecate your thoughts and experiences.

Send your opinions to me, of course, and I will collect, edit and
summarize.


AdvTHANKSance,

Shannon Nelson
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