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Subject: Re: [9fans] grid computing -- high performance?
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:47:05 +0100
From: rog@vitanuova.com
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it does depend a lot what task you're trying to compute.
in my recent experience, it's not unusual for an algorithm
to be available in binary-only format for a particular platform,
in which case a plan9-only solution would not be sufficient.

that's an advantage inferno has, i guess - it's straightforward to execute
the same binaries as everyone else, while still taking advantage
of the advantages of 9p2000/styx and a sane programming environment
for the actual grid infrastructure.