[IPython-dev] Kernels and parallel support?

[Doug Blank]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:19 PM, MinRK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Doug Blank <doug.blank at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> After reading:
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>> http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/parallel/parallel_intro.html
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>> and related pages, I am unsure what the relationship between parallel
>> processing and kernels are. Can external kernels be used in a parallel
>> environment? Or is this part of IPython python-kernel specific? Does
>> it use ZMQ messages?
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> Depends what you mean by 'external'. You can start engines at any time on
> any machine, and they can join a cluster.  Yes, IPython.parallel uses zmq.

If I wanted to explore using a cluster of 3rd-party kernels, such as
IHaskell or ICalico, in a parallel environment, where would I begin?
Has anyone done this before?

I see here:

http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/dev/parallel/magics.html#engines-as-kernels

that kernels connect to a controller to create an engine. If the
standard ipcontrollers can start up external kernels, I guess a place
to begin might be implementing what the %px magic does?

-Doug

> -MinRK
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>> Thanks for any additional data,
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>> -Doug
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