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Machine file example in documentation

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Description

Currently the section on Starting workers is quite brief. I guess all the information is there, but there is no example of a machine-file. For example, I currently do not understand how to specify the number of workers to start at each machine. Assuming user is user1 and host is host1 and I want to start 2 workers there, is it:

2 user1@host1
2*user1@host1

This would be cleared up with a simple example in that section.

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Start with the Distributed.jl manual's “Starting and managing worker processes” section and inspect the machine-file syntax it documents or references. Add a minimal example showing how to request two workers for user1@host1, making the syntax and resulting worker count unambiguous.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
distributed-systems, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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