pathos provides a few basic tools to make parallel and distributed computing more accessable to the end user. The goal of pathos is to enable the user to extend their own code to parallel and distributed computing with minimal refactoring.
pathos installs with easy_install or pip:
$ pip install pathos
pathos requires:
- python, version >=2.6 *or* version >= 3.1
- dill, version >= 0.3.1
- pox, version >= 0.2.7
- ppft, version >= 1.6.6.1
- multiprocess >= 0.70.9
Optional requirements:
- pyina, version >= 0.2.1
pathos is licensed under 3-clause BSD:
>>> import pathos
>>> print (pathos.license())
To cite pathos:
>>> import pathos
>>> print (pathos.citation())