The C bindings appear (moving forward) to support C, C++, and Fortran-2008. This is just one thing for people to learn. Tony On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Purushotham Bangalore wrote:

The C++ developers that I know (not many) tend to use the C bindings instead of the C++ bindings or the Boost MPI.

Puri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rolf Rabenseifner" <rabenseifner_at_[hidden]> To: "MPI 2.1 Mailing List" <mpi-21_at_[hidden]> Cc: "Martin Bernreuther" <bernreuther_at_[hidden]> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:09:09 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: [Mpi-21] Relevance of C++ MPI binding of www.boost.org

All C++ MPI specialists,

which relevance has the MPI C++ binding of Boost ( http:// www.boost.org/ )? In the actual version 1.35 http://www.boost.org/users/news/version_1_35_0 one can find a "C++-friendly interface to the standard Message Passing Interface".

The comment from boost: "Although there exist C++ bindings for MPI, they offer little functionality over the C bindings."

Is there any knowledge of whether in real C++ programming, whether the official C++ MPI binding or the C++ boost MPI binding is more often used in the C++ community?

For me, the answer may have implications on how separate or integrated additional bindings should be integrated into the language independent text of the MPI standard.

Best regards Rolf

PS: As non-C++-specialist, this question is based on a question from Martin Bernreuther. The citations are from him.

Dr. Rolf Rabenseifner . . . . . . . . . .. email rabenseifner_at_[hidden] High Performance Computing Center (HLRS) . phone ++49(0)711/685-65530 University of Stuttgart . . . . . . . . .. fax ++49(0)711 / 685-65832 Head of Dpmt Parallel Computing . . . www.hlrs.de/people/rabenseifner Nobelstr. 19, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany . (Office: Allmandring 30) _______________________________________________ mpi-21 mailing list mpi-21_at_[hidden] http://lists.mpi-forum.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mpi-21

_______________________________________________ mpi-21 mailing list mpi-21_at_[hidden] http://lists.mpi-forum.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mpi-21

-- The information contained in this communication may be confidential and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or received this communication by mistake, please notify the sender and delete the communication and all copies of it.