Frequently Asked Questions

Does a parallel version of pDynamo exist?

pDynamo is slowly being parallelized using a mixture of OpenMP and MPI.

Why Python?

Python is a flexible and powerful open source scripting language that works on a wide range of computer systems. Programs written in Python will not be as fast as those written in compiled languages but the differences can be reduced by coding computationally-intensive tasks in Python extension modules, implemented in C.