[Python-Dev] PEP 371 Discussion (pyProcessing Module)

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On 5/31/08, Mark Hammond <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:
>  So it seems that maybe simply "setExecutable()" isn't the correct
>  abstraction here, but maybe a "factory" approach, so the entire process
>  creation mechanism can be replaced rather than just the name of the
>  executable to spawn?

Indeed. If the spawn mechanisms (and even the connection mechanisms)
were fully abstracted, then I believe that extending pyProcessing to
work in clusters with something like MPI would be far easier. But
perhaps I'm just dreaming...


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