Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!umd5!uflorida!gatech!hubcap!Shannon 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 Message-ID: <1800@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 88 11:55:34 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.UUCP Lines: 28 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu 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 ..!tektronix!{psu-cs,reed,ogcvax}!qiclab!nelsons (503) 643-2214