I hereby note the energy expended on assertions that we don't have time to create real understanding. All of the things we've encountered here can be handled in the space of a few sentences, if we're willing. At Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:55:36 +0200, Matthias Troyer wrote:
The question is where should we stop, where should we start, what should be explained. The MPI standard documents is several hundred pages long. If you want just a few lines discussing the advantages of Boost.MPI and of skeleton&content then this can be done. If you want us to explain all details of MPI datatypes, all details of the semantics of nonblocking operations (which caused other issues in the past), ....then it will soon be most of the MPI standard or an MPI text book.
At Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:26:03 -0800, Robert Ramey wrote:
We've obviously misunderstood one another somewhere along the way. It would be good if we could get that cleared up.
I think it would take too much time for me to understand. And if I did come to understand it, I might have something to say about it. If I said it, then it might start a thread which would cost even more time which I don't have right now.
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