Re: Serialization of PARI data as a way of IPC
Ilya Zakharevich <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:32:53 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 06:41:31PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> PARI itself uses binary serialization for MPI, using the bin_copy/copy_bin
> mechanism.
>
> The same system could be used for other IPC as long as they can pass
> arbitrary data stream.
This is not feasible when integrating a couple of dozen systems, each
with its own format of MPI. Only star topology is feasible.
(Half-a-life ago I hoped that Math::Pari may become the root of
such a star…)
Yours,
Ilya