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Richard Miller wrote:
>> it looks to me like it wouldn't work across different architectures.
>> is that a correct reading? maybe this is a usual restriction in
>> this kind of library?
> 
> Quite right - homogeneous architectures only.  Attempting to cope
> with heterogeneity accounts for some of the complexity (and inefficiency)
> of some other libraries.  I would guess that any decently scalable
> parallel machine will be single-architecture (but I haven't surveyed
> the field lately).

the roadrunner.

i don't know if it's decently scalable though :)