Message Passing Toolkit (MPT) User's Guide

Document Number: 007-3773-013

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Record of Revision

Revision 001March 2004 
Original Printing. This manual documents the Message Passing Toolkit implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI).

Revision 002November 2004 
Supports the MPT 1.11 release.

Revision 003June 2005 
Supports the MPT 1.12 release.

Revision 004June 2007 
Supports the MPT 1.13 release.

Revision 005October 2007 
Supports the MPT 1.17 release.

Revision 006January 2008 
Supports the MPT 1.18 release.

Revision 007May 2008 
Supports the MPT 1.19 release.

Revision 008July 2008 
Supports the MPT 1.20 release.

Revision 009October 2008 
Supports the MPT 1.21 release.

Revision 010January 2009 
Supports the MPT 1.22 release.

Revision 011April 2009 
Supports the MPT 1.23 release.

Revision 012October 2009 
Supports the MPT 1.25 release.

Revision 013April 2010 
Supports the MPT 2.0 release.