Re: [Numpy-discussion] [SciPy-dev] NumPy/SciPy + MPI for Python

[Lisandro D. <da...@gm...>]

On 10/14/06, Bill Spotz <wf...@sa...> wrote:
> I would like to second the notion of converging on a single MPI
> interface.  My parallel project encapsulates most of the inter-
> processor communication within higher-level objects because the lower-
> level communication patterns can usually be determined from higher-
> level data structures.  But still, there are times when a user would
> like access to the lower-level MPI interface.

Using mpi4py, you have access to almost all MPI internals directly
from the Python side, with an API really similar to MPI-2 C++ bindigs.
This is a feature I've not seen in other Python bindings for MPI. I
think this is really important for developers and people learning MPI;
you do not need to learn a new API.


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