[LUGSB] INTs as BYTEs in MPI

[Jeff Sipek]

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 01:48:04PM -0400, John R. Hover wrote:
> So, my recommendation ( unless you want to enter the twilight zone ) is 
> to just use whatever native MPI API calls are available. Once you have 
> fully debugged and working code, if you need greater speed/efficiency, 
> then consider customizing your use of the API.

This a great piece of advice. Premature optimization is really bad. Eric
Raymond's The Art of Unix Programming is a great source of what-to-dos
and what-not-to-dos.

Jeff.
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