Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++

Chapter 9. SPMD and MPMD Using Templates and the MPI

	“There must be an essentially non-algorithmic ingredient in the action of consciousness.”
	--Roger Penrose, The Emperor’s New Mind

In this Chapter

• Work Breakdown Structure for the MPI

• Using Template Functions to Represent MPI Tasks

• Simplifying MPI Communications

• Summary

Templates support the notion of parameterized programming. The basic idea of parameterized programming is to maximize software reuse by implementing software designs in as general a form as possible. Function templates support generic procedural abstractions and class templates support generic data abstractions. Typically, computer programs are already general solutions to specific problems. A program that adds two numbers is usually ...