Re: [Boost-users] What's so cool about Boost.MPI?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] What's so cool about Boost.MPI?
From: Raymond Wan (r.wan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-19 09:17:43

Hi Mathias,

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 21:59, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Â  http://daveabrahams.com/2010/09/03/whats-so-cool-about-boost-mpi/
>>
>> I think it might be useful to link that from the Boost.MPI docs, too.
> While the library seems nice (it bridges serialization with MPI), I don't
> really see anything in there that makes me think it's "so cool".
>
> So after reading it, I felt a bit like the question "What's so cool about
> Boost.MPI?" remained unanswered.

My suggestion to you is to rather than asking this question, use MPI
as you normally would and if you reach a point where something feels
tedious, then see if having Boost.MPI as an easier interface will help
you.

Basically, I think it is a matter of "taste" and there's no reason to
jump into Boost.MPI.  In the end, you might end up feeling perfectly
comfortable with MPI as-is and that's ok.  I don't think it is
something that is for everyone...

Ray