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Subject: Re: AW: AW: [Caml-list] Distributed computing libraries

On 06/06/2012 02:35 PM, Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> As you know Functory a bit better: how is the data delivered to network
> clients? Just via the network connection that also assigns the work to
> do? That would be a bit lame, and not really useful.

Yes, the input parameters of the function to be run are sent over the 
network connection that assigns work to do, and the results come back 
over that same connection.  That said, it's possible to use a network 
file system to distribute the real data and just pass filenames over the 
control channel.

E.