Introduction

• History

  Oct 94	Reference Manual published:
  	International Journal of Supercomputing Applications, 8 (3/4), 1994
  Apr 95	Start of meetings for MPI-2
  Apr 97	MPI-2 document accepted

• Structure of the MPI-2 document:
  Terms and Conventions
  MPI 1.2
  Miscellany
  Process Creation and Management
  One-sided Communication
  Extended Collective Operations
  External Interfaces
  I/O
  Language Bindings
• Availability (Feb. 99):

  Feature	HP-MPI	MPICH	LAM
  Process Creation and Management			+
  One-sided Communication	++
  Extended Collective Operations
  External Interfaces	+
  I/O	++	++
  Language Bindings		++
  Miscellany			+

• Useful Links:
  MPI-2 document: HTML, Postscript (local copies: HTML, Postscript)
  MPI-FAQ (including Section on MPI-2)
  Archive of MPI-2 forum mailing lists