Makefile::Parallel
Dependency Specification
Language

Rúben Fonseca
root@cpan.org

\"Well done is quickly done\"
Ceaser Augustus

SeARCH Cluster
~ 100 64-bits cores
~ 100Gb RAM
~ 4TB storage
Myrinet 10Gb
Linux (CentOS)

How to run those processes?
3 options!

Solution 1
while(! end) {
run process $p
while(! finished $p) {
sleep n
}
mark $p as done
}

Solution 2
#!/bin/foo
run p1
run p2 result1
run p3 result2
run p4 result1 result2

Solution 3
Makefile::Parallel
:-)

M::P - Design Goals
Formal specification to describe process