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CPPvm is a C++ class library for message passing. It provides an easy-to-use C++ interface to the parallel virtual machine software PVM. CPPvm closes the gap between the design of object-oriented parallel programs in C++ and the underlying message passing possibilities of PVM. Although PVM can be used directly in C++ programs due to its C-functions, it does not support C++ specific features. CPPvm enlarges PVM with such features as classes, inheritance, overloaded operators, exception handling and streams. CPPvm also hides some details of PVM from the user and thus makes it easier to write parallel programs.
This paper describes the concepts of CPPvm. An example will explain how to transfer C++ objects between processes. CPPvm is available for many architectures, from Windows to several UNIX derivatives.
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Görzig, S. (2001). CPPvm - C++ and PVM. In: Cotronis, Y., Dongarra, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45417-9_16
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