CONTENTS OF THIS DIRECTORY:
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This directory contains Postscript and latex versions of the following
documents which describe various aspects of the PCN language and
toolkit. If the latex version of a document consists of several
files, then those files are contained in a tar file.
1. pcn_prog_v2.0.ps, pcn_prog_v2.0.tar
These contain the following document, which provides all the
information required to develop parallel programs with the PCN
programming system. This document includes both tutorial and
reference material.
Parallel Programming with PCN
Version 2.0
Ian Foster and Steven Tuecke
Technical Report ANL-91/32
Argonne National Laboratory
2. sci_prog.ps
A preprint version of the following publication, which contains
an overview of the Virtual Topology (VT) tools which are new to
PCN version 2.0, and a few examples of their use.
Productive Parallel Programming: The PCN Approach
Ian Foster, Robert Olson, and Steven Tuecke
Scientific Programming, Vol. 1, pp. 51-66, 1992.
3. host-control.ps, host-control.tar
These contain the following document, which describes how to
use a network manager program, host-control, provided to
simplify use of PCN on networks.
Using host-control
Robert Olson
Technical Memo ANL/MCS-TM-154
Argonne National Laboratory
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
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For more information on parallel programming the reader should see:
Title: "Introduction to Parallel Programming"
Authors: Mani Chandy and Steve Taylor
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett, 1991
ISBN: 0-86720-208-4
References to additional material on PCN programming, the PCN system,
and PCN applications may be found in ``Parallel Programming with PCN''.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.