From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <48909277.2010602@mtu.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:10:31 -0400 From: "Steven D. Vormwald" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <488B6EE7.3080100@mtu.edu> <1217421120.5036.34.camel@goose.sun.com> <13426df10807300810s4d854612ib7597a9463f7f02f@mail.gmail.com> <48908707.1070005@mtu.edu> <13426df10807300841y1e4bed36l7a009c8873f39c1b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13426df10807300841y1e4bed36l7a009c8873f39c1b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene Topicbox-Message-UUID: f6032622-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ron minnich wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Steven D. Vormwald wrote: > >> So would developers on this platform be encouraged to use languages and >> features currently in plan 9 for HPC development, or would they target >> existing HPC languages and features, which would be added to plan 9, either >> via native ports or some kind of compatibility layer? > > The latter. Build on Linux, run on Plan 9. For most users. Some users > have the time and willingness to try something new like Plan 9, most > have day jobs and just want to run their code. So we make it as easy > for them as we can. > Since I still do most of my work on Linux, I can't really argue with that... ;) >> I noticed that a >> limited version of MPI was mentioned in one of the papers on IBM's website, >> but what about other systems, such as Co-Array fortran or UPC? >> > > Cross-compile. > > ron > Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't these require extensive run-time support, in addition to compiler support? Will the run-time libraries also be linux libraries running under a compatibility layer? Steven Vormwald