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MPI For Python
==============

.. meta::
   :keywords:    MPI, Python, parallel computing.
   :description: MPI bindings for Python.

:Authors:      Lisandro Dalcín,
               Rodrigo Paz,
               Mario Storti

:Organization: `CIMEC`_
:Address:      PTLC, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina
:Contact:      dalcinl@gmail.com
:Web Site:     http://mpi4py.scipy.org

:Date:         |today|
:Revision:     |version|
: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.

.. include:: links.txt

Contents
========

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   intro
   mpi
   download
   install
   tutorial

Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

