Update: Python Parallelization Module

[Konrad Hinsen]

ScientificPython release 2.3.4 contains the second update of the BSP
module for Python. The major new feature is an interactive parallel
execution environment, which behaves almost exactly like a standard
Python interepreter, but executes on all processors and prints output
from all processors. It can be used with the Emacs mode for Python.
This combination is a very convenient development environment for
parallel Python code.

I do not claim to know every software ever published, but there is a
good chance that this is the first interactive programming environment
for parallel code.

Scientific Python 2.3.4, which contains the new BSP release, is
available from

   http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/ScientificPython-2.3.4.tar.gz

or

ftp://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/pub/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.3.4.tar.gz

Prerequisites are Python 1.5.2 or higher (2.1 recommended for full
access to all features) and either BSPlib (tested with version 1.4) or
an MPI implementation. An updated tutorial is included, but can also
be obtained separately from

      http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/BSP_Tutorial.pdf

or

      http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/programs/BSP_Tutorial.pdf

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