Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!hshi From: hshi@maytag.waterloo.edu Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: parallel programming model Message-ID: <12221@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 12 Dec 90 12:32:38 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 5 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu A naive question: We have two parallel programming models: shared memory model via shared variables and distributed memory model via message passing. Is there any model which is some where between? Will it be more suitable for the persent comptuter architectures?