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MPI for Python
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:Authors:      Lisandro Dalcín,
               Rodrigo Paz,
               Mario Storti

:Organization: CIMEC_
:Address:      PTLC, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina
:Contact:      dalcinl@users.sourceforge.net
:Web Site:     http://mpi4py.scipy.org

:Date:         $Date$
:Revision:     $Revision$
:Copyright:    This document has been placed in the public domain.

:Abstract:     This document describes *MPI for Python* package. It
	       provides bindings of the *Message Passing Interface*
	       (MPI) standard for the Python programming language,
	       allowing any Python program to exploit multiple
	       processors.
	       
	       This package is constructed on top of the MPI-1
	       specification and provides an object oriented interface
	       which closely follows MPI-2 C++ bindings. It supports
	       point-to-point (sends, receives) and collective
	       (broadcasts, scatters, gathers) communications of any
	       *picklable* Python object.
