Robert: Out of curiosity how come you were in Delhi?
> > > I am in NewDelhi India. However I would prefer to put the cluster together >> myself, because >> > > Ya, that's where I lived for seven years growing up. > > > All excellent and traditional reasons, although you'll want to learn a > compiler, either C, C++ or Fortran. Which one is most appropriate > depends a little bit on the application space you want to work in, a > little bit on your personality. None are terribly like python. > Off c, c++ I would go for C++ to avoid the lower level stuff, but why would i need C++ or fortran, why can i not accomplish the same or more in python as it is a programming space of choice for me? > Oh, and New Delhi has one other unique-ish environmental constraint, > unless things have changed a lot since I lived there. Post-monsoon, > when it dries out again you have dust storms. I don't think most list > members can really imagine them, but I can (I used to climb a tree > outside of our house and feel the dust stinging my cheeks and erasing > the buildings all from sight). You will need to be able to keep the > dust that infiltrates EVERYWHERE in the houses at that time out of the > computer room, as computers (especially the cooling fans) don't like > dust. After a big one, you may need to shut down and vaccuum out the > insides of your systems. > Its not so bad, i have a bunch of computers in my art studio and they have been running for a while now, no problem...Clustering them would just mean putting the already running computers in a different config.
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