[Swift-commit] r3860 - text/parco10submission

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Author: dsk
Date: 2011-01-05 16:00:51 -0600 (Wed, 05 Jan 2011)
New Revision: 3860

Modified:
   text/parco10submission/paper.tex
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small addition in Section 7


Modified: text/parco10submission/paper.tex
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--- text/parco10submission/paper.tex	2011-01-05 21:42:56 UTC (rev 3859)
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 A few groups have been working on parallel and distributed versions of make~\cite{GXPmake, makeflow}.  These tools use the concept of virtual data, where the user defines the processing by which data is created, then calls for the final data product.  The make-like tools determine what processing is needed to get from the existing files to the final product, which includes
 running processing tasks.  If this is run on a distributed system, data movement also must
-be handled by the tools. \katznote{Need to say something about Swift in comparison}
+be handled by the tools. In comparison, Swift is a language, which may be slightly
+less compact for describing applications that can be represented as static DAGs, but 
+also allows easy programming of applications that have cycles and runtime decisions,
+such as in optimization problems.
 
 Swift integrates with the CoG Karajan workflow engine~\cite{Karajan}. Karajan
 provides the libraries and primitives for job scheduling, data