Re: [Boost-users] [mpi] irecv / send problem

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [mpi] irecv / send problem
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-15 16:18:21

AMDG

Brian Wood wrote:
> Nick Collier writes:
>   
>> /* deadlock avoided */
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <mpi.h>
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>
> I am not sure why MPI was added to Boost.  Recently there was an
> effort to get Boost libs ready for the next C++ standard.  I don't think
> the MPI library was considered in that as it's ties to C are so strong.
> Having to specify MPI_DOUBLE above when a and b are both declared
> of type double is sad.  Naming it "Message Passing Interface" when
> you are restricted to messages of a single type is hardly an apt name.
> If it's going to be in Boost, it may wind up being called the Most Pitiful
> Interface.
>   

The above is the MPI C interface, not the Boost.MPI interface.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe