Re: [9fans] MPI

["EBo" <ebo@sandien.com>]

> I must admit that, in general, physicist, astrophysicists and
> astronomers are very bad programmers. I've worked with all those
> breeds and we really suck.

referring to we, I take it you are one of them.

> Maybe the fact that I've read, and solved
> almost all the exercises from "the practice of programming"
>  and K&R's "the c programming language" will make you feel better.
> Currently I'm going through Aho et al. "the awk programming language",
> and then I'm planning to move to "The Unix Programming Environment".

from this I realize that you are well on your way, and I stand duly
chastised...  In other words I think I have finally met one.  Thank you sir,
may I have another!  ;-)

> Coming back to the subject, I'll start with your recommendations and
> Andrew's. Probably this is just a newbie talking, but it seemed to me
> a kind of problem easily solved with file servers and 9p; but again,
> this was only my first impression.

Some of the people here are the authorities on those subjects, and wish you
the best in your endeavors.

  Best regards,

  EBo --