This isn't directly related, but is hadoop the only java-based solution to parallel computing? I've seen some examples of people attempting to do work in java m

This isn't directly related, but is hadoop the only java-based solution to parallel computing? I've seen some examples of people attempting to do work in java mpi[0] again. It seems like dealing with the gc and memory management in general has been an issue when trying to do high performance computing in java, especially at a distributed scale. 0:http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/mpi-and-java-redux/ http://blogs.cisco.com/performance/mpi-and-java-redux/