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8) PROGRAMMING IN NETWORK LINDA


8.1) Is there a way to find out how many processors are available to avoid evaling more Linda processes than processors?

Use the lprocs() function in C-Linda, and the flprocs() function in Fortran-Linda. The value returned includes the real_main process. Thus, the value is >= 1, and it is safe to execute (lprocs() - 1) evals, as in the example

  for (i = 0; i < lprocs() - 1; i++)
		    eval("worker", worker(i));


Note that your program may need to check if lprocs() returns one, if it needs to execute at least one eval to work properly.

 
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