> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Steven D. Vormwald mtu.edu> wrote:
>

>> So would developers on this platform be encouraged to use languages and
>> features currently in plan 9 for HPC development, or would they target
>> existing HPC languages and features, which would be added to plan 9, either
>> via native ports or some kind of compatibility layer?

>
> The latter. Build on Linux, run on Plan 9. For most users. Some users
> have the time and willingness to try something new like Plan 9, most
> have day jobs and just want to run their code. So we make it as easy
> for them as we can.
>

>> I noticed that a
>> limited version of MPI was mentioned in one of the papers on IBM's website,
>> but what about other systems, such as Co-Array fortran or UPC?
>>

>
> Cross-compile.
>
> ron
>