MPI is often compared with Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM), which is a popular distributed environment and message passing system developed in 1989, and which was one of the systems that motivated the need for standard parallel message passing.
Festus is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,602 at the 2010 census. Festus and its neighbor Crystal City are often collectively known as the Twin Cities; however, they are incorporated separately.
Civil War in Ripley County. Based on Jerry Ponder, The Wilson Massacre, and The Burning of Doniphan, previously unpublished articles submitted to OzarksWatch. Part I: The Wilson Massacre. An unusual group assembled at the Pulliam farm in southwestern Ripley County, Missouri for Christ-mas in 1863.