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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've been working with distributed Java for some time now (experimentally, for a couple of years). Hopefully, with Java 1.3, and embedded Java, the speed will pick up enough to warrant some real EDI transaction processing.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Check out JVPM on the PVM web site <A HREF="http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm/</A> . It's basically a version of PVM written completely in Java. On my own projects, I've invented a distributed intelligent agent system in Java.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Java's a good choice to do prototyping of Beowulf systems. Because Java classes are complete entities (they contain code and data), programming to get data passed between nodes is easy with serializable classes. You just convert the class to a byte stream, send it down the TCP/IP socket connection, decode it on the other end, and run the class.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hope that helps.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Richard Schilling</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Web Integration Programmer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Affiliated Health Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mount Vernon, WA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Mofeed Shahin [<A HREF="mailto:shahin@labf.org">mailto:shahin@labf.org</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:47 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Beowulf Mailing List</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Java.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>G'day Fella's</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was wandering whether anyone here has had any experience with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>distributed Java programs.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I wanted to write an application that could run a beowulf.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was interested in things like RMI, etc....</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ideally I would like to be able to get a class and tell it to run on a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>particular machine and every now and then, poke it, and give it a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>message, etc....</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Any ideas will be appreciated, thanks.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers Mof.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>"Never underestimate the power of a dark clown"</FONT>
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